Ebook {Epub PDF} The Kurdish Bike by Alesa Lightbourne

Alesa Lightbourne has been a professor and teacher in six countries (Jamaica, Virgin Islands, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Singapore and the US), and taught in venues as diverse as universities, preschools and jails. Winning Entry: The Kurdish Bike. Contest Won: North Street Book Prize , First Prize. Alesa Lightbourne's debut explores such critical issues and a lot, lot more. Set against the backdrop of a powerful political landscape The Kurdish Bike offers a stunning social, political, and cultural commentary of what it is like to live in a third world country torn apart by war. The single mom, the newly recruited teacher on a bike, makes friends with native women and her contact and relationship with /5().  · The Kurdish Bike: A Novel by Alesa Lightbourne; Fiction; Paperback $ eBook ASIN: B01IOPBT3Y $ Available: bltadwin.ru, bltadwin.ru, Ingram, independent bookstores. Author: Alesa Lightbourne has been an English professor and teacher in six countries, lived on a sailboat, dined with bedouins, and written for Fortune 50 companies. She earned .

The Kurdish Bike is gripping, tender, wry and compassionate, an eye-opener into little-known customs in Kurdistan and the Middle East— one of the world's most explosive regions — a novel of love, betrayal and redemption. Although its themes are serious, it is also filled with humor, cultural insights and stories of resilience. The Kurdish Bike is the winner of the Gold Medal for Best Regional eBook from Independent Publishers, and First Prize in the North Street Book Awards. Like Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, The Kurdish Bike is highly recommended for book clubs. The Kurdish Bike is gripping, tender, wry, and compassionate - an eye-opener into little known customs in one of the world's most explosive regions - a novel of love, betrayal, and redemption. © Alesa M. Lightbourne (P) Alesa Lightbourne.

Alesa Lightbourne’s debut explores such critical issues and a lot, lot more. Set against the backdrop of a powerful political landscape The Kurdish Bike offers a stunning social, political, and cultural commentary of what it is like to live in a third world country torn apart by war. The single mom, the newly recruited teacher on a bike, makes friends with native women and her contact and relationship with them lead her to get glimpses of the not-so-obvious conflicts that threaten life in. Alesa Lightbourne has been an English professor and teacher in six countries, lived on a sailboat, dined with Bedouins, and written for Fortune 50 companies. Born in Carmel, California, she now lives in Santa Cruz, where she loves to boogie board and (of course) ride a bicycle. Interview with the Author Where did you get the idea for The Kurdish Bike?. Alesa Lightbourne. The Kurdish Bike is the fictional story of Theresa Turner’s experiences as a freelance English teacher working at a remote, but somewhat prestigious school on a hill top in a remote part of Kurdistan.