Description: This book is Brand New. Inside a mansion on Virgins of Paradise Street in post-World War II Cairo, Jasmine and Camelia Rasheed grow to womanhood under the watchful eyes of their grandmother and the other woman of the prominent Rasheed family. Despite the glamour and elegance of the city, women still wear the veil and live in harems. But as Egypt begins to change, so do Jasmine and Camilla. Rebelling against a society in which the suppression of women is assumed, Jasmine and Camelia embark on turbulent personal and professional voyages of discovery. Cast out of the family, Jasmine travels to America to become a doctor while Camelia sets out to become one of the foremost beledi dancers in the Middle East. Sensuous, spicy, and romantic, Virgins of Paradise is a spellbinding novel sety in an exotic and erotic culture. Brilliantly portraying two sisters search for identity amidst hisrtoric change, Wood also conveys a portrait of an ancient nation merging into the modern era while mired in superstition, magic and mythology. "Wood makes her fiction come alive with authentic detailing and highly memorable characters." --Booklist
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Type: Novel
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Fiction
Intended Audience: Adults
Inscribed: No
Item Weight: 1 lb 11 oz
Vintage: No
Book Title: Virgins of Paradise
Number of Pages: 486 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Topic: General, Coming of Age, Literary, Historical
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 1.3 in
Genre: Fiction
Author: Barbara Wood
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
