Traveling with Pomegranates is part travel book, part mother-daughter exploration, part coming of age book (for young women and older women), part spiritual exploration. At times it seems like it’s a bit too much mix of too many things, but overall – it works.
It’s also a wee bit disconcerting to read Sue Monk Kidd (and her daughter) while listening to Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower. The two books mingle and mix with mixed results.
But how was it compared to Dissident Daughter? That one was perfect.