Jordan politics by an American woman in the know

retail list price $ 25.95 by miramax books copyright 2003. This book is subtitled "memoirs of an unexpected life" and covers less than 10% of time before this american woman Lisa Halaby secret whirlwind courtship to King Hussein. It covers some of the challenges she has as a educated woman whose marriage brought her to power and the challenges she faced in a male dominated society. She covers her causes and who she influenced the king and her interpetation of many of his acts and policy approaches to being a middle man in the middle east peace process. It can be defined as a beautiful love story with a strong historical and political aspect and who better to define the kings life from a biased but very american perspective.overall a excellent book well wriiten and photographed and although it may be a little long 467 pages it is well worth the read if you have intrest in the region from a american woman perspective.