I Have Iraq in My Shoe: Misadventures of a Soldier of Fashion

"I am not moving to Iraq to teach."

And then I met the recession: I ate cereal for dinner, gave up the gym membership, and came face to face with looming unemployment.

To cope, I reluctantly uprooted my life and moved to the Middle East.

“An American living in Iraq” is moderately intriguing. “A single, bossy assertive, socially liberal American female living in Iraq” is a hot mess waiting to happen. Particularly a single, assertive, socially liberal but politcally lazy American female who would rather watch The Rachel Zoe Project than a presidential address.

There are plenty of books about Iraq of the uber-dramatic variety. First-hand accounts of perilous military missions (Ambush Alley:  The Most Extraordinary Battle of the Iraq War), or forbidden love stories (Love in a Torn Land), or heroic escape stories (Concealed…Inside the Enemy). All fine stories, but what the world needs now is a funny book about living in Iraq. 

I prefer to entertain, and make people laugh, whether it’s with me, or at me. This story has a little bit of both, probably more of the latter.

"But will I like the book?" might be what you're asking. I don't know! Maybe? Probably? Yes?

I Have Iraq in My Shoe will especially appeal to people who:

1. Don’t take themselves too seriously
2. Love shoes
3. Champion equal rights, and
4. Occasionally use their horoscopes to make important decisions