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Finding Nouf: A Novel

by Zoë Ferraris

Published: 2008-06-20
Hardcover : 305 pages

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Eat at a buffet and wear a hijab.

by Mad Hatters (see profile) 01/11/15

Middle Eastern restaurants would fit the scene and donning scarves would add to the insight of how women dress in this culture.

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"Finding Nouf by Zoe Ferraris"by Mary Ann B. (see profile) 01/11/15

A window into a culture so different from America. The author captures the claustrophobic, charged atmosphere of life in Saudi Arabia through the unfolding of a crime. The book is the first of three and... (read more)

"A little slow for me"by LYNN T. (see profile) 03/31/11

Good book. Insightful in that it taught me about how in Saudi women are treated. Took too long to figure out "who did it". I had it figured out way before the end.

"Enjoyable and emotional"by Andrea H. (see profile) 11/02/08

A lot going on this in this novel and it is interesting how it unfolds. I liked the contradiction - modernization vs. tradition, especially in Nayir - turns away from a woman's exposed face but owns a... (read more)

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