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Author:
Sasson, Jean P., author.
Title:
Princess : a true story of life behind the veil in Saudi Arabia / Jean Sasson.
Publisher:
Windsor-Brooke Books,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
xvi, 286 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subject:
Sultana,--1956-
Women--Saudi Arabia--Social conditions.
Saudi Arabia--Biography.
Biographies.
Notes:
Previously published by William Morrow in 1992 and by Avon Books 1993. Includes index.
Contents:
Index. Family -- My sister Sara -- Divorce -- Ali -- Trip -- Journey's end -- Girlfriends -- Foreign women -- Huda -- Kareem -- Wedding -- Married life -- Birth -- Dark secrets -- Death of a king -- Woman's room -- Second wife -- Escape -- Great white hope -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- Appendices: Koran on women -- Laws of Saudi Arabia -- Glossary -- Chronology -- Index.
Summary:
A Saudi woman discusses what life is like for women in her country, describing how women are sold into marriage to men five times their age, are treated as their husbands' slaves, and are often murdered for the slightest transgression.
ISBN:
0967673747
9780967673745
OCLC:
(OCoLC)906618877
Locations:
TPPB062 -- Schroeder Public Library (Keystone)
RVPB135 -- Pomeroy Public Library (Pomeroy)

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