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Kensington
February 2009
On Sale: February 1, 2009
Featuring: James Cartwright; Leila al-Ghani
304 pages
ISBN: 0758227280
EAN: 9780758227287
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Contemporary | Romance
Every day Leila al-Ghani spends in Mosul is a reminder of
what her life once was. Before the war, she was the daughter
of one of the city’s finest families. She was encouraged by
her parents to get an education, to think like a modern
woman. But now, with Mosul crumbling around her, she is
expected to strictly adhere to traditions, to dress modestly
with the hijab covering her hair, and to be arranged in
marriage.
Disobeying her domineering father and secretly taking a
job as a translator at an American military base, Leila’s
beliefs are forever challenged when she meets a host of new
people with different perspectives on the war—and the world.
But it is Leila's friendship with Major James Cartwright
that will test her courage in profound ways. And when she
discovers those she loves are deeply entangled in the most
violent, controversial aspects of the war, where she places
her loyalties could cost Leila her life. The Nightingale is a riveting debut that offers a
rare glimpse into war-torn Iraq—where a spirited young woman
must choose between honoring the customs of the past and her
own hopes for the future…
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