The author, Stephanie Saldana has lived a remarkable life, travled to remarkable places and produced a remarkable book mostly about herself reflected amid the ancient streets, homes, and people of Syria.Through her eyes emerges a picture of a land that most of us have little first hand information about and a lot of preconceived ideas, but her protrait is intensely human and astonishingly touching.She sees the details of life and this slows the narative and while I generally dislike this trait in a book, I found, under her skilled pen, this to be very endearing trait as the reader moves page by page though the story actually tasting the food and feeling the heat and sand; and yes, sharing her heart breaks. Make no mistake, this is a deeply intorspective and troubled young woman with remarkable talents and the ability to show others in her words, what she has seen and experienced.She is a seeker and becomes and modern mystic - a person searching for God. We share her spiritual struggles and failures and end the end...well I will not spoil it for you, but you will like this woman, want to spend time with her, and enjoy every moments in Bread of Angels.