Snake Hips: Belly Dancing and How I Found True Love

This isn't that great of a book, buti t's tolerably well-written and it is fun,a fter all, to read a memoir of a women going through bellydance shows and classes etc, if you are in the same situation.

This book is just ok, some of the stories are entertaining, but there’s also a lot of reliance on tired stereotypes and catty gossip.

Dumped by her boyfriend and facing 30, Soffee decides to take up belly dancing to get in touch with her Lebanese roots. Her adventures are touching and funny.
What did I from this book? Younger and thinner are not necessarily better. Isn't it worth picking up just for that?

I learned more about the almost-local belly dancing scene than I had any right to expect. Very enjoyable.

These are the memoirs of a belly dancing student, and they provide a highly entertaining look at what the belly dancing subculture is like. There's a full-length review on my web site at http://www.shira.net/books/breviews/soffee-snakehips.htm