![]() I’ll be offering this on a bookring soon. A really good read, a celebration of friendship, and some important issues are highlighted. The women are feisty and see their men clearly in the end, and there are no sugary-sweet happy endings or silly coincidences. But as Rajaa Alsanea reveals in this absorbing novel, thats not the whole story: determination, mobile phones and the internet have made life easier for young Saudis, and the four girls in this novel are all finding romance even though mostly it goes badly wrong. We see them try to pick a path between personal fulfillment and matching their families’ and society’s expectations I was aware of quite a lot of the issues they face such as the terrible shame of divorce, etc, but I think the attractive chick-lit cover might well bring new readers who would learn quite a lot. Although they come from good families with plenty of money, opportunities for travel etc, their lives are full of the same worries as other women of their age – studying, how to find love, friendship – and also of the constraints of their society. ![]() ![]() Acquired via BookCrossing 11 Dec 2009 – BCBirmingham Secret Santa giftĪ nameless Saudi woman starts sending out a weekly email highlighting the doings of a group of female friends from the "velvet" – the highest – level of society. ![]()
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