Wetdryvac reviewed The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye
Review of 'The Turtle of Oman' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
One of the more beautiful slice of life books I've read in recent years, with an exceptional sense of joy of living. When I hear people speak of home they loved and love still, the tone of comfort and peaceful familiarity in their stories - this book has that. Character growth, travel, upheaval: all that is here in the kindest way possible, and all embedded in the sense that home is an accretion of cherished layers.
This is the first Nye book I've read which wasn't straight poetry, and to my great happiness, the prose is as moving. Here, I miss a selfness I've never been, and am reminded that the selfness I am is equally valuable.
