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020			_a9780143113980
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100	1		_aAlsanea, Rajaa. _96770
245	1	0	_aGirls of Riyadh / _c Rajaa Alsanea ; translated by Rajaa Alsanea and Marilyn Booth.
260			_aNew York : _b Penguin Press, _c 2005.
300			_a318 p. ; _c 18 cm.
520			_aThis debut novel, banned in the author’s own country, reveals the social, romantic, and sexual tribulations of four young women from the elite classes of Saudi Arabia. Every week after Friday prayers, the anonymous narrator sends an email to the female subscribers of her online chat group. In fifty such emails over the course of a year, we witness the tragicomic reality of four university students negotiating their love lives, their professional success, and their rebellions, large and small, against their cultural traditions. The world these women inhabit is a modern one that contains "Sex and the City," dating, and sneaking out of their parents’ houses, and all this causes the girls to collide endlessly with ancient customs. The never-ending cultural conflicts underscore the tumult of being an educated modern woman growing up in the 21st century amid a culture firmly rooted in an ancient way of life.--From publisher description.
650		0	_aYoung women _z Saudi Arabia _z Riyadh _v Fiction. _94158
655		0	_aDomestic fiction. _96771
655		0	_aEpistolary fiction. _95844
700	1		_aBooth, Marilyn. _96772
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