For the Love of a Son
One Afghan Woman's Quest for her Stolen Child
$31.65
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2011
Summary
From the bestselling author of the Princess trilogy comes the story of one woman’s fight for equality and the search for her son, set against an Afghan and Saudi backdrop.
From the time she was a little girl, Maryam rebelled against the terrible second-class existence that was her destiny as an Afghan woman. She had witnessed the miserable fate of her grandmother and three aunts, and wished she had been born a boy. As a feisty teenager in Kabul, she was outraged when the Russians inva…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553820201 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0553820206 |
| Author: | Jean Sasson |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Bantam Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2011 |
| Weight: | 245g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 110mm x 27mm |
| Series: | Bantam Press |
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About The Author
Jean Sasson
Jean Sasson grew up in a small town in America’s deep south before moving to the Middle East in 1978 to work at a prestigious royal hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In 1985, she met Princess Sultana, who inspired the widely acclaimed Princess Trilogy. Jean later worked as a freelance writer in Lebanon and Kuwait, conducting interviews with Kuwaitis who survived the first Gulf war, as well as high ranking Kuwaiti officials before, during and after the War. Her affection for the Middle East has been the motivation for a number of her books and Jean has spent her career sharing the personal stories of many courageous women. Princess- Stepping Out Of The Shadows is the latest book in the bestselling Princess series.
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