The majority of members in our book club enjoyed this book. Many thought it was inspirational and we all enjoyed learning about the corresponding meaning of different flowers.
Several of us thought parts of the book were unbelievable and that the ending was to "canned."

Beautifully explicit prose. Beryl Markham\\\'s childhood in a remote area of what is now Kenya, hunting with the Masai and helping to train her father\\\'s thoroughbred race horses is fill with adventure. It is these attributes of adventure and fearlessness that led her to become a pionier in aviation. An admirable women for any century.

This is an enjoyable, romantic novel that emphasizes the bonds of national pride and culture. The novel delves into how our past experiences, our family and our country constitute who we become and how we interact with others. There are several instances in the book that are a bit \"too coincidental\"
All around a very good read!

Totally entranced at the beginning, great story line, then Mr. Hosseini went off on some many random tangents the story line lost all of it\'s momentum.

Very intense, but thought provoking. I felt the author did an excellent job of transporting the reading into the lives of 3 different characters in a war torn counrty. although the book was written about the Sarajevo siege the main concepts are transferable to many warring countries

Thought provoking. Good discussion book for bookclubs.

Interesting read about an event in US history of which I was unaware. Some parts a little to contrite, or unbelievable, when characters keep running into each other throughout the book Otherwise a fun, quick read

I did not find this book very insightful regarding dating in the US. I will admit I found the information about how different cultures (particularly the Japanese) view dating to be "interesting".

I wanted to like this book, but it was so unconvincing and the main character so overly dramatic I ended up not liking it at all. Tin Win practically starves himself to death when his "love" goes unannounced to visit relatives in the mountains. Then as an adult,
he abandons his wife and daughter to go back to Burma to find the love of his life? I don't call that a love story I call that ego centric and heartless.