Where you staying?" the Bedouin asked. " Why you not stay with me tonight
- in my cave?" Thus begins Marguerite van Geldermalsens story of how a New Zeal&-born nurse came to be married to Mohammad Abdallah Othman a Bedouin souvenir-seller from the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. It was 1978 & she & a friend were travelling through the Middle East when Marguerite met the charismatic Mohammad who convinced her that he was the man for her. A life with Mohammad meant moving into his ancient cave & learning to love the regular tasks of baking shrak bread on an open fire & collecting water from the spring. & as Marguerite feels herself becoming part of the Bedouin community she is thankful for the twist in fate that has led her to this contented life. Marguerites light-hearted & guileless observations of the people she comes to love are as heart-warming as they are valuable charting Bedouin traditions now lost to the modern world."