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Sunday, June 13th

I am heartbroken to announce that I will be unable to do my scheduled reading in Seattle. I have a tiny baby who is too sick to fly, so I have had to cancel the trip. I am really sad, but I have to focus on healing the baby! Please, all of you who would have come, buy my book from Elliott Bay, as I want to support the …bookstore.

Hope I can read there in autumn! Love to you all!
Jennifer

"Steil puts humanity and color into her description of a country most Americans know only as a desert haven for terrorists. Her affection for Yemen and its people will make readers want to see it for themselves. A lovely book that offers a large measure of cultural understanding in a region that is too easily misunderstood and caricatured."

Dust storm

I was sitting in Tim’s office downstairs, working on my website, when it happened. Our babysitter Rahel was outside in the garden with the baby, and had left the front door slightly ajar so that she’d be able to get back in. The day—like almost every day in Sana’a—had been clear and sunny. Suddenly I [...]