And, God willing, I’ll be able to send you more money by the time you use up what is waiting for you. So if you really want to help, Inas, then you’ll go to the very best school you can get into and earn the best grades you can. Her father's last words are what give her the strength to carry on:“And you can do far more for us from America than you can from here, where you’re just another defenceless Christian. Those events then in turn haunt her and the only way she gets through her nightmares is the promise she made to her father. This young girl, only sixteen, goes through some traumatic events to flee from Syria and escape to America. Then of course I was crying from another reason. The moment her mother gave it to her, I was crying. The beginning had me crying first from joy when Anissa received a Syriac cross that was passed down from mother to daughter in her family. Through her, we learn about the worsening situation in Syria and her father’s plans to have her leave for America to study and escape the violence. more he rebuilds her life after traumatic experiences. I couldn’t tear myself away from the book and devoured it almost immediately!The story follows Anissa (Inas in Arabic) and how s. I kept thinking about it every single time I stopped… but stopping wasn’t easy. Why? Well it has to do with both stories taking on serious issues and writing them in such a way that is both hauntingly beautiful and poignant that even when you close the book, your mind continues to live inside the story. Zack Love has crafted a unique and beautiful story that makes me think of The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan. Big claims don’t you think considering that it’s only a few days into the New Year? Perhaps. Review 1: The Syrian Virgin will probably be the most profound and emotive book I read this year.
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