Waiting for an Ordinary Day

Since 2003, Iraq's bloody legacy has been well-documented by journalists, historians, politicians, and others confounded by how Americans were seduced into the war. Yet almost no one has spoken at length to the constituency that represents Iraq's last best hope for a stable country: its ordinary working and middle class. Farnaz Fassihi, The Wall Street Journal 's intrepid senior Middle East correspondent, bridges this gap by unveiling an Iraq that has remained largely hidden since the United Sta