Publishers Weekly
Passionate, frustrated, sarcastic, and sometimes hopeful... [Riverbend] offers... a perspective too often overlooked, ignored, or suppressed.
Susan Sarandon
Anyone who cares about the war in Iraq must read this book.
Library Journal, April 1 2005
Hoghly recommended to anyone following the conflict.
Time Out New York, April 28 2005
...offers fair and balanced coverage from inside one of the most rapidly changing - and poorly understood-regions in the world.
Book Description
Baghdad Burning is the only woman 'blog' to come out of Iraq. With a Foreword by Ahdaf Soueif, the book tells of the fear involved in living in occupied Baghdad, where the power comes on for 2 hours in the middle of the night and shells and gunfire can be heard at all times. Her comments on the war: |For sale - one rich country with 25 million inhabitants and 150,000 soldiers occupying the major cities.' She uses wit, sarcasm and humanity to describe the events unfolding through the book.
From the Publisher
This book was extracted in the Guardian Weekend magazine on June 18, 2005, and is avaiable now.
