Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Girls of Riyadh

This is a book written by Rajaa Alsanea about her four friends who belong to Riyadh’s elite class. The girls are in their early 20s and the book shows how they struggle to live a life of their own in a society where male dominates their decisions and how love blinds them in their path of life.

The story revolves around the lives of Gumrah, Sadeem, Michelle and Lamees their struggle at the age of marriage to find true love and hold onto it. The story depicts how the girls learn from their past mistakes in love. The story gives a glimpse of how the girls find it difficult to breathe and live a life which many of us take for granted. A better description of the lives women in such countries is depicted in the book “The Princess”.

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