Khouri lost for words to explain book - Books - www.smh.com.au
An investigation by the Sydney Morning Herald uncovered evidence that Norma Khouri's book Forbidden Love (published in the U.S. as Honor Lost) was ficticious. Khouri wrote the book as a true story about her friend who was killed in Jordan for falling in love with a Christian. The book was a runaway bestseller in Australia, but as several inconsistencies arose (like her American accent), an investigation revealed that Khouri was raised in Chicago from the age of three, is married to a man wanted by the F.B.I. for fraud, and never donated monies from the book to the charitable organization in Jordan which she claimed she would. Khouri's Australian publisher, Random House, has removed the book from store shelves there, while waiting for Khouri to provide proof that she did live in Jordan and that the story in the book is true. After nine days and several deadlines, Random House says they don't know where she is.
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