The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam (Hardcover) by G Willow Wilson

from jawalter

A highly thought-provoking book. Wilson does a magnificent job of using her own life as a way of presenting a very nuanced picture of Islam and life in the Middle East. The Boston Globe recently ran an article about her, and, reading the book, I was reminded of the comments left by readers, expos...

from mirrani

Though I am not a religious person, I thoroughly enjoyed sharing the author's journey through her conversion to Islam. Though it is mostly a memoir of a religious quest and finding acceptance within oneself and among others for the religious choices that you make, this book also talks about the r...

from jen.e.moore

This is a gorgeous memoir about a young American woman converting to Islam, moving to Egypt, and getting married to an Egyptian man (and his family) - all inside a year. Wilson writes beautifully about the challenges and happiness she found in all of this chaos. It was also fascinating to see her...

from nnschiller

This book made me feel love. It reminded me of deep emotions that come up when my thoughts and feelings meet.Willow Wilson does excellent work in her religious autobiography. What I really noticed is that she works very hard to be self reflective without engaging in superfluous navel gazing. Her ...

from mrn945

This was a beautifully written book about the meaning of religion. Ms. Wilson finds herself shockingly connecting to Islam on a primal level - this religion speaks to a part of her deep inside in a way that nothing in her life ever has before. Though she initially struggles with revealing this fa...