The Girl From Baghdad by Michelle Nouri, William Heinemann Australia, $29.95.
Born to a wealthy Iraqi father and a beautiful Czech mother, Michelle Nouri experienced the best and worst of Saddam Hussein’s Baghdad and Communist Eastern Europe.
From her spoiled childhood as her father’s princess to her grotty Prague flat, Michelle’s true life story has been one of extremes.
In Baghdad’s lush country club, this young beauty enjoyed an innocent flirtation with Uday Hussein, who she would years later barely recognise as a bloated corpse on her TV.
When her indulgent father leaves the family for another woman, Michelle, her mother and her two sisters become the target of men who’ve heard they’re fair game, potential rapists who crawl all over their house desperately trying to get inside.
It’s a fascinating insight into life in Baghdad for women before the downfall of Saddam Hussein.
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