The Flying Carpet to Baghdad

'A sweetly sentimental story, full of the kind of heart-rending scenes of promises, separation, reunion and heartbreak that would do a Hallmark Channel afternoon film proud. I read the book in one sitting and confess I cried more than once... The final resolution could be a metaphor for the new, more realistic relationship between the allies and Iraq; there is no miracle of western intervention and, ultimately, Iraqis will have to solve their problems in their own way. It is hard to save a country, even harder to save an individual and, sometimes, most difficult of all to try and save yourself. Jaber's story doesn't tie it all up with a neat pink ribbon, but it is all the more telling and universal for that. Sometimes, all you can do is your best.' --Wendell Steavenson, Sunday Times --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.