Friday, March 7, 2014

In which a young Dana discovers that impressions of Nancy Drew do not predict reality.


When I was growing up and reading a lot of Nancy Drew books, I came across one that sent her to Istanbul. It described something like how the people there were wearing a mix of veils and “Western dress.” So in my head I made up an image of half of Turkish women in burqas and half in, like, gingham dresses with aprons and cowboy boots.

That image kept popping back up when I was in Turkey last summer. I don't think it's quite what the author meant.

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