

The Convert
A Tale of Exile and Extremism
Author: Deborah Baker
Narrator: Christina Moore
Unabridged: 8 hr 26 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 08/03/2012
Author: Deborah Baker
Narrator: Christina Moore
Unabridged: 8 hr 26 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 08/03/2012
Deborah Baker is the author of Making a Farm; In Extremis, which was short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize for Biography; A Blue Hand; and The Convert, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. She lives in India and New York.
Wow,what a fascinating subject! This book tells the story of a Jewish American woman Peggy Marcus who converted to Islam when she was 27,became Maryam Jameelah and left her comfy life in America and began a new one in Pakistan,she did this to live as a true Muslim as per her account. The author Debora......more
This is an excellent read, somewhat of a mystery too. A detective story. The book is gripping and really heats up towards the end. It is fascinating history unearthed, and gives one an apercu into a radically different way of viewing the world. I have argued with many friends over the causes of 9/11......more