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Zohra's Ladder: And Other Stories from Morocco (Paperback)

by Pamela Windo (Author)
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  • Paperback: 200 pages
  • Publisher: Eye Books (15 April 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1903070406
  • ISBN-13: 978-1903070406
  • Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 95,154 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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His Majesty the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, July 2005
Your works give readers fascinating insights into life in Morocco and attest to your deep passion for my country.

Morocco Times, July 16, 2005
The good thing about this is the author manages to avoid the cliches usually associated with the Arab-Muslim world.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for armchair travelers or anyone heading for Morocco, 3 Oct 2006
By Jeannette Belliveau (Baltimore, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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The book's cover image is enticing, and the stories richly depict Morocco in an almost cinematic way, reminiscent of "The Sheltering Sky" and "Hideous Kinky." The author offers 26 vignettes based on seven years of living in Morocco. She kicks off with the eye-opening visit to a public bath, "An Afternoon at the Hammam," and then proceeds to one of my favorites, "Rabiah's House."

The taciturn mother of a new Moroccan friend, Rabiah generously loans the author her house in Agadir, and even accompanies her there.The location allows the author to make a genuine connection with local people, and Rabiah's motherly warmth comes across as she cooks for her and even tucks in her British charge.

My other personal favorite is "The night of the fiftieth birthday," a story about an evening at a Marrakesh restaurant on the author's birthday, where Sammi, a solitary Turkish visitor, is seated next to her table. "How brave to celebrate alone," Sammi says. The romantic story that follows will ring true for many women who have met Mediterranean men.

"Zohra's Ladder" is a strong read for armchair travelers, or those poolside in Morocco, or flying there. The vignettes move quickly (I got lost in the stories during a train ride to Washington) and its insights make a great companion to a guidebook. Kudos also to Windo for the writing itself, bright and bracing like the desert and mountains of this exotic North African land.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Morocco bound!, 25 Jun 2005
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A delightful, easy-to-read book - very personal stories, sensitively told by a writer who obviously loves Morocco and its people with a passion. Even though I'm a reluctant traveller, reading Zohra's Ladder actually made me want to get up and go!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great stories, 14 May 2007
This book is recommended by Lonely Planet so I bought it before setting off to Morocco last month. While using their recommendations to find places to stay and things to do, I kept reading the stories as I went along and found myself more in tune with the people around me. The stories gave me a sense of reality and honesty, as well as a sense of humour that is vital while travelling.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Not Amazing but worth your time
This collection of short tales about an English womens time spent living in Morocco is worth a read but it won't set the world on fire. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. Philip W. J. Boyce

2.0 out of 5 stars Nothing exciting about this book and rather disparaging in places
This book tells the story of a middle aged woman who travels about and lives in Morocco. The book is fairly short and written in a very simple style. Read more
Published on 14 Sep 2006 by E. Wilkins

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