Title:
Princess : a true story of life behind the veil in Saudi Arabia / Jean Sasson.
ISBN:
9780967673745
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Publication Information:
Atlanta, GA : Windsor-Brooke Books, ©2012.
Physical Description:
xvi, 286 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, genealogical table ; 22 cm
General Note:
Previously published by William Morrow in 1992 and by Avon Books 1993.
Includes index.
Contents:
Childhood -- 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 -- After September 11, 2001 -- Reading guide and discussion questions -- Appendices: Koran on women -- Laws of Saudi Arabia -- Glossary -- Chronology -- Author Jean Sasson speaks -- 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.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 8 12 35584.
Reading Counts RC High School 9 16 Quiz: 20906 Guided reading level: NR.
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Audience:
1030L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocn906618877
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