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Book Review: Girls of Riyadh
Posted on December 26th, 2009 4 commentsBook Review: Girls of Riyadh
By Rajaa Alsanea
The Girls of Riyadh caused waves in the Middle East when Alsanea released this revealing look into four young women and their quest for love and marriage. The book tells the stories of four girls through a series of emails. From the outgoing to the passive, these four girls band together to try and find love, play by the rules and laws of their society while figuring out men, love and most importantly, what they will settle for and what they won’t.
Basically, the book is chick lit set in the Muslim/Islam world, so if you like chick lit as well as learning about women in other parts of the world, you’ll enjoy this book.
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How in the world do you read so much in the midst of all your other duties? You are amazing to me with your boundless energy and ability to be everywhere and do everything.
I’ll have to check this out too, though heaven only knows when I’ll have a chance to read any of them on my JeanOramBooksToReadWishList!
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Thanks, Cate! The secret is a messy house and wash and go hair. There has to be a sacrifice or two somewhere, right?
This was a very good book and very interesting. I read it for book club and I think the discussion will be spectacular.
I’m on Goodreads if you need more to add to your wish list. http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1852357
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[...] year I have read a fair number of books from various corners of the world. A couple of examples: The Girls of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia), The Alchemist (Portugal), Is There Anybody Out There? (Ireland), Divisadero [...]
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[...] Rajaa Alsanea, a woman, receives the honour of representing Saudi Arabia and, specifically, their women with her novel The Girls of Riyadh. [...]
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