At the Drop of a Veil
Book description
Autobiography: A harem is a female group composed of a married woman's mother-in-law, sisters-in-law, children, and servants. Californian Alireza arrived in Arabia in 1945 with her husband Ali. Shew grew to lover her expanded family and the harem. After 8 years, she was summarily divorced by Ali and escaped with…
Why read it?
1 author picked At the Drop of a Veil as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
In 1945 Alireza married a member of a prominent Saudi family and went to live with him in his extended family. She recounts her experience living mainly in the company of the women of the family. Over 12 years and the birth of four children, she grows close to her Arabian family and learns to live according to their customs. The reader becomes immersed in Saudi culture in a way not easily available to an outsider and feels the same sadness as Marianne when ultimately her husband divorces her and she has to leave the family she has grown to…
From Andrea's list on Middle Eastern culture written by outsiders.
Want books like At the Drop of a Veil?
Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like At the Drop of a Veil.
Share your top 3 reads of 2024!
And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.
1,355
readers submitted
so far, will you?
