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Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arab
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Artist
- Sasson, Jean
- ISBN
- 9780967673745
- Book Title
- Princess : a True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
- Publisher
- Windsor-Brooke Books
- Item Length
- 8.4 in
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Women, Royalty, Sociology / General, Women's Studies
- Item Weight
- 13.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Windsor-Brooke Books
ISBN-10
0967673747
ISBN-13
9780967673745
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1828462
Product Key Features
Book Title
Princess : a True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Women, Royalty, Sociology / General, Women's Studies
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
NY Times and International Bestseller. A rare, hair-raising true story. Sold over 5 million worldwide. Continues to fly off the shelves., Jean Sasson has been labeled a Middle Eastern Expert. In 2001 she was asked to testify in an INS trial for the Bahraini Princess Meriam Al-Khalifa., This book has a definite following. It is also used as assigned reading for many colleges, universities, and high schools.
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
305/.42
Synopsis
Sultana is a Saudi Arabian princess, a woman born to fabulous, uncountable wealth. She has four mansions on three continents, her own private jet, glittering jewels, designer dresses galore. But in reality she lives in a gilded cage. She has no freedom, no control over her own life, no value but as a bearer of sons. Hidden behind her black floor-length veil, she is a prisoner, jailed by her father, her husband, her sons, and her country.Sultana is a member of the Saudi royal family, closely related to the king. For the sake of her daughters, she has decided to take the risk of speaking out about the life of women in her country, regardless of their rank. She must hide her identity for fear that the religous leaders in her country would call for her death to punish her honesty. Only a woman in her position could possibly hope to escape from being revealed and punished, despite her cloak and anonymity.Sultana tells of her own life, from her turbulent childhood to her arranged marriage--a happy one until her husband decided to displace her by taking a second wife--and of the lives of her sisters, her friends and her servants. Although they share affection, confidences and an easy camaraderie within the confines of the women's quarters, they also share a history of appaling oppressions, everyday occurrences that in any other culture would be seen as shocking human rights violations; thirteen-year-old girls forced to marry men five times their age, young women killed by drowning, stoning, or isolation in the women's room, a padded, windowless cell where women are confined with neither light nor conversation until death claims them.By speaking out, Sultana risks bringing the wrath of the Saudi establishment upon her head and te heads of her children. But by telling her story to Jean Sasson, Sultana has allowed us to see beyond the veils of this secret society, to the heart of a nation where sex, money, and power reign supreme.
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- Mar 09, 2017Top favourable review
Intense & Gripping! Read in one sitting style book!
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: j99HgZCTQh6@Deleted
- Sep 28, 2023
A true story about women's lives in Saudi Arabia. Worth reading.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: kianatwood
- Oct 13, 2008
exciting, un-put-down-able read
- Nov 21, 2009
One of the most compelling stories of truth.
- Dec 06, 2007
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