{"product_id":"9780692758106","title":"The Kurdish Bike: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGold Medal, Best Regional Fiction, Independent Publishers Book Awards 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Courageous teachers wanted to rebuild war-torn nation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her marriage over and life gone flat, Theresa Turner responds to an online ad, and lands at a school in Kurdish Iraq. Befriended by a widow in a nearby village, Theresa is embroiled in the joys and agonies of traditional Kurds, especially the women who survived Saddam's genocide only to be crippled by age-old restrictions, brutality and honor killings. Theresa's greatest challenge will be balancing respect for cultural values while trying to introduce more enlightened attitudes toward women - at the same time seeking new spiritual dimensions within herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on true events, The Kurdish Bike is gripping, tender, wry and compassionate - an eye-opener into little-known customs in one of the world's most explosive regions - a novel of love, betrayal and redemption. San Francisco Book Review gave the book five stars and compared it to \u003cem\u003eThe Kite Runner\u003c\/em\u003e. The Manhattan Book Review also gave it five stars, and called it a \"must-read\" for anyone interested in the Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alesa Lightbourne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025024434416,"sku":"9780692758106","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780692758106_p0.jpg?v=1763617010","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692758106","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}