House of Stone : A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East (CD-Audio)

from decaturmamaof2

Very interesting personal view into a topic I don't know much about. I appreciated Shadid's candor

from bogopea

NY Times reporter, Pulitzer Prize winner, melds the rebuilding of his great-grandparents' home in Lebanon with a memoir of the family as well. story of a battle scarred home and a war correspondent's jostled spirit, and of how reconstructing the one came to fortify the other." Sadly, Shadid died ...

from olevia

We are going to miss Anthony Shadid's voice, perhaps more than we know.

from TheAmpersand

There are a lots of books out there that tell you about how difficult home construction projects can be, and lots of books about the Middle East, but I'd wager that few are as thoughtful and affecting as "House of Stone." In it, the author, a successful correspondent for the Washington Post and t...

from AramisSciant

I got the book after a heart-breaking interview with Nada, Shadid's widow. I'm happy I read it and knowing that Shadid had passed away, passages where he describes looking forward to living in the rebuilt house with his children are truly touching. I'm also conflicted about this book as some part...