{"product_id":"9781399815284","title":"Gulf","description":"Author: Mo Ogrodnik\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781399815284\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: John Murray\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 13 May 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 432 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThese are the women whose stories you never hear.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDounia, a young Saudi mother finds herself alienated as she prepares for motherhood in an air-conditioned box in the middle of the desert, surrounded by construction and yet completely isolated.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFlora,\u003c\/b\u003e after losing everything in a natural disaster, feels she must do the unthinkable: leave her surviving child behind in the Philippines as she departs to \u003cb\u003ebecome an overseas domestic worker\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eZeinah, a Syrian woman\u003c\/b\u003e who has been pushed by her family to marry a jihadist, \u003cb\u003efinds herself joining the city's morality police\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJustine\u003c\/b\u003e uproots her progressive \u003cb\u003eNew York family when she's tapped to curate an exhibit in Abu Dhabi\u003c\/b\u003e, where she must reckon with her moral and ethical limitations.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd \u003cb\u003eEskedare,\u003c\/b\u003e a spirited and \u003cb\u003edefiant Ethiopian teenager, flees a dreaded arranged marriage\u003c\/b\u003e to search for her only friend, only to find her dreams dead-end in the Gulf.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with unsettling intimacy and determined empathy, GULF is a book about cruelty, rebellion, resilience - and hope. It asks the question: how far would you go in order to survive?","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46395813462174,"sku":"ADS-9781399815284","price":34.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781399815284.jpg?v=1768266273","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781399815284","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}