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The Cry of the Dove

2007-10-10 Fiction
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Release : 2007-10-10
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis The Cry of the Dove by : Fadia Faqir

Download or read book The Cry of the Dove written by Fadia Faqir. This book was released on 2007-10-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Left pregnant after an illicit love affair, Saalma, a young Bedouin woman from Hima in the Levant flees her people to escape the honor killing waiting for her at the hands of her tribe and seeks asylum in England. Original.

The Cry of the Dove

2007-12-01 Fiction
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Release : 2007-12-01
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 249/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Cry of the Dove by : Fadia Faqir

Download or read book The Cry of the Dove written by Fadia Faqir. This book was released on 2007-12-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An “exquisitely woven” novel of love, exile, and violated honor among a Bedouin tribe from the Jordanian-British author and human rights activist (Leila Aboulela). Salma has committed a crime considered punishable by death among her Bedouin tribe of Hima in the Levant: she had sex out of wedlock and became pregnant. When Salma gives birth to the child, she suddenly finds herself a fugitive on the run from those seeking to restore their honor. Though she is placed in protective custody, Salma’s newborn child is ripped from her arms upon arrival. Devastated and disowned, she endures years of isolation before she is ushered to safety in Exeter, England, where she faces a new set of social pressures and expectations. With the help of an elderly English landlady and a Pakistani girl on the run from an arranged marriage, Salma is finally able to forge a new identity. But just as she settles into her new life, the need to return for her lost daughter overwhelms her, and one fateful day, Salma goes back to her village to find the girl. It is a journey that risks everything.

My Name Is Salma

2010-03-30 Fiction
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Release : 2010-03-30
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 776/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis My Name Is Salma by : Fadia Faqir

Download or read book My Name Is Salma written by Fadia Faqir. This book was released on 2010-03-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Salma becomes pregnant before marriage in her small village in the Levant, her innocent days playing the pipe for her goats are gone for ever. She is swept into prison for her own protection. To the sound of her screams, her newborn baby daughter is snatched away. In the middle of the most English of towns, Exeter, she learns good manners from her landlady, and settles down with an Englishman. But deep in her heart the cries of her baby daughter still echo. When she can bear them no longer, she goes back to her village to find her. It is a journey that will change everything - and nothing. Slipping back and forth between the olive groves of the Levant and the rain-slicked pavements of Exeter, My Name is Salma is a searing portrayal of a woman's courage in the face of insurmountable odds.

The Knight and the Dove

2004-01-01 Fiction
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Release : 2004-01-01
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 554/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Knight and the Dove by : Lori Wick

Download or read book The Knight and the Dove written by Lori Wick. This book was released on 2004-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lori Wick’s bestselling series The Kensington Chronicles (more than 375,000 copies sold) has a fresh, new look sure to please her longtime fans and draw a new generation of readers. Set in the 1800s, this series captures the adventure, wealth, and romance of the British empire. When the king commands Bracken to marry, high-spirited Megan is chosen to fulfill the edict. Unskilled in the ways of love, Bracken finds Megan captivating, yet cannot seem to voice his feelings until he almost loses her forever.

Cry of the Dove

2007-09-13 Bedouins
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Release : 2007-09-13
Genre : Bedouins
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Book Rating : 341/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Cry of the Dove by : Fadia Faqir

Download or read book Cry of the Dove written by Fadia Faqir. This book was released on 2007-09-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English doctor tells Salma that she must forget her past. But how can she when it has followed her all the way from her tiny Bedouin village to this place in England "where the river meets the sea"? Salma has violated the laws of her tribe by becoming pregnant before marriage; to restore their honour, the villagers must kill her. Salma is imprisoned for her own protection, her baby torn from her arms. Years later, when it seems her persecutors have given up the chase, Salma is smuggled out of prison and finds exile in Exeter, England. But now, living by her Immigrant Survival Guide, Salma finds a prison of another kind. Trying to navigate the cultural divide between a permissive and often racist contemporary Western society and her traditional tribal Muslim upbringing, Salma perseveres and creates a new life. But the cries of her lost child will not be silenced; she is driven to return to her childhood village in a shattering journey that will change everything--and nothing. Slipping seamlessly between the olive groves of the Levant and the rain-slicked streets of England, Cry of the Dove is a searing novel of forbidden love, violated honour and a woman's courage in the face of insurmountable odds.

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