Download The Syrian Jewelry Box A Daughter&rsquos Journey for Truth eBook Carina Sue Burns Kenneth W Christian

Product details File Size 2664 KB Print Length 265 pages Publisher Morgan James Publishing (November 3, 2015) Publication Date October 1, 2018 Sold by  Digital Services LLC Language English ASIN B00VQYM0VQ

The Syrian Jewelry Box A Daughter&rsquos Journey for Truth eBook Carina Sue Burns Kenneth W Christian Reviews

• In The Syrian Jewelry Box, Carina Sue Burns describes remarkable journeys, both physical and mental. Her descriptions about life growing up in Saudi Arabia are vivid and evoke the carefree adventures of a kid living in a unique foreign place. The shattering of her self-esteem after learning about her adoption at the age of 15 was heartbreaking, and only made more painful by the inability of her parents to guide her through that difficult mental journey. Instead, they took her on many physical excursions to amazing places in the Middle East and Europe. Carina effectively describes how those experiences intertwined with her own emotional and spiritual transformations. This book includes conversations to help make the travels feel alive and pull the reader in. She sprinkles in just enough historical information to make the reader feel awe about the rich and exotic experiences she had. The book is easy to read and would be good for any family – I highly recommend it.
• Reading "The Syrian Jewelry Box" brought back a flood of wonderful memories of my own time spent in Jeddah. Carina is spot-on in her descriptions of life in Saudi Arabia at the time.
  Carina is truly blessed to have traveled extensively, and to have experienced many wondrous opportunities her parents afforded her while growing up in a faraway, exotic land.
  I caught myself holding my breath over Carina's internal struggles to find her real father, and hoping that she would finally accept her dad as one and the same.
  I highly recommend this book, and truly feel it would be great material for a stellar movie!!
• The Syrian Jewelry Box is an excellent memoir exploring the cultural intricacies of being an American girl growing up in Saudi Arabia and the difficulties that arise when she discovers that she and her family are not who she believed they are. It's a deeply detailed true story of adventure and self-discovery, conveyed with warmth and honesty. I definitely recommend this book.
• Whether we realize it or not, we are all on a journey to discover the truth about ourselves - that we are loving, loveable, and loved. Carina's journey to that truth is a most unusual one in that it also physically spans a journey through many foreign countries at a very young age. I delighted in learning about these different cultures through a child's eyes, and seeing how embracing them helped Carina find the courage to embrace the truth about herself. I read with tears of joy as she rediscovered the beautiful, loving, and lovable person she always has been and always will be.
  Paula R.
• Beautiful book tells the reality beautiful and important in the life of the writer .. and I see it as a unique and distinctive experience to the writer that the Arab world witnessed, especially in the city of Jeddah, which I thought crossroads of cultures and civilizations ... in all honesty the writer has a good spirit and seeks to spread the love and affection and peace between the Western and Arab worlds ... especially that the writer grew up in the Arab world and has a great background and insight into the world about it .. I wish to the writer a good luck and success and I thank her that allowed us access to an important part of her life ..
• This book was description after description of places the author had lived and visited with almost nothing about her experience of being adopted by her stepfather. Although I enjoyed the history lessons it wasn’t why I bought this book.
• Vivid, aromatic slices of a journey into the heart and depth of love, betrayal, and acceptance of the childhood fairytale abruptly shattered by the discovery of being adopted. I recommend this wonderful, well-written account of Carina's journey to find peace, forgiveness, acceptance, and unconditional love.
• Carina-
  It is a wonderful story, I feel, about a young girl in search of herself who develops into a caring loving adult. I was spellbound, of course, during your time of telling about Jeddah.
  The sights, sounds and smells rushed back into my mind as I read your description of the souk. But having never travelled much through Europe, I particularly enjoyed seeing through your eyes and the memory of your father the beauty of Europe. Thank you for asking me to read it. I most definitely will recommend it to several Jeddah friends and to my family.