I wanted to share a good book with those of you who love to read:

The book is about a group of women who live in Iran and get together in the home of their former college professor once a week to read forbidden western novels. How these meetings change their lives and how they interpret and apply the literature that they read to their current situation is touching and endearing. After reading the book, I felt lucky to be a free woman and sad that so many women are not so lucky.

I have that book and just started reading it. Have you read, Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey? It's a wonderful book, and one I'd suggest many women here read.

Have you read any Turkish Authors?

I just finished reading all of Orhan Pamuk's books. Thus far I've read The Black Book, White Palace, My Name is Red, The New Life, Snow and Istanbul. I've found all of his books very interesting from many different aspects.

As a person interested in Turkey, I think you will find they are interesting, and as literature they are good reads.

I also read İnce Memed (Memed, My Hawk) by Yasar Kemal. His books take place in an earlier time and in Eastern Turkey. He's a very popular author in Turkey. I'm looking for more to read now. You know it's almost sad when you finish a book. It's like you were in another world that came to an end. I'll reread them all in the future, hopefully in Turkish.

Tales from the Expat Harem, indeed fascinating tales. Liked book a lot.