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Kim Dempster, the Author of “The Color of Mourning” has written a memorable and thought-provoking Historical Fiction Novel. This is a difficult, deep, distressing and dark read about women, and how women “confronted by fanatic religious fundamentalists in an existential fight for freedom”( Amazon) This takes place in the city of Raqqa during the Syrian Civil War. The author vividly describes the dark, complex and complicated characters. Any kind of war is tragic and has devastating consequences. One of the characters is a journalist who is secretly writing to a friend, to expose what is going on. It is disturbing to read how women’s identities seem to be discarded, through use of garments for religious observance, and forced marriage. The author does leave a feeling of hope, when women of various cultures, understand and can fight this evil.
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