Late For Tea At The Deer Palace : The Lost Dreams of My Iraqi Family
by Tamara Chalabi

What could have been a really interesting book about Iraq was destroyed by the author's horrendous writing. Chalabi's family was prominent for four generations in Baghdad and in telling about their story, she relates the history of how the country came to be. Unfortunately, I felt as if I was reading a book geared for children not adults. I kept on with it until almost the end when I finally gave up (I had eighty-eight more pages to go). I thought the text would get better but the writing was just so bad that I could no longer stand it.
Not recommended.