Because it was in the 1970s I was surprised that original nationalities were still mentioned..

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You need Religion so when everyone goes to Paradise you're not left behind..

Her family emigrated to New Zealand from the Netherlands when she was younger.

Mandi

Yes Mandi.. Usually everyone would've read the book to discuss it but here this is what was in my mind..

I have a rather stupid question..How is she Dutch from New Zealand?

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You need Religion so when everyone goes to Paradise you're not left behind..

Thanx

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You need Religion so when everyone goes to Paradise you're not left behind..

I recently read "I Married a Bedouin" by a Dutch woman from New Zealand who in the 1970's married a Jordanian whose family lived in Wadi Musa, in what is now the site of Petra. What attracted me to the book and the autobiographer was her unfailingly positive and accepting attitude toward her husband, her family and her new faith and her new country. Although she didn't have running water or electricity in her home - a cave - she cheerfully bore him three children and loved him until his death at age 53. She never bad-mouthed the people with whom she lived, the government or the somewhat primitive conditions which led to her husband's premature death. (QatariLady, is this what you had in mind, sharing our book experiences?)

Mandi

here in QL.

We could name a book and discuss it here?