{"product_id":"9781399815277","title":"Gulf","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Mo Ogrodnik\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 8\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e May 2025 by John Murray Press (John Murray Publishers Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 432 pages, n\/a \u003cbr\u003e241mm x 165mm x 36mm | 648g\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"gardners-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/Star.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0403\/1273\/3859\/files\/StarEmpty.png?v=1676424882\" style=\"display: inline-block; height: 25px; width: 25px;\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'INSTANTLY GRIPPING' JENNIFER EGANThe lives of five women collide in the Arabian Gulf as each looks for a way to rewrite their future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Dounia, a young Saudi finds herself alienated and alone as she prepares for motherhood in an air-conditioned mansion in the middle of the desert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e After losing her home and baby in a natural disaster, Flora does the unthinkable and leaves her surviving child in the Philippines to become an overseas domestic worker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Pushed by her family to marry a jihadist, Zeinah, a Syrian woman finds herself joining the city's morality police.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Justine uproots her progressive New York family to curate an exhibit in Abu Dhabi, where she must reckon with her ethical limitations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And Eskedare, a spirited and defiant Ethiopian teenager, flees an arranged marriage to search for her friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe consequences of their meetings are devastating and profound as they all discover how far they're willing to go in order to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with unsettling intimacy and fierce empathy, GULF is a blazingly powerful and original novel about cruelty, rebellion and resilience. Most of all it's about the power of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55340968968567,"sku":"9781399815277","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9781399815277.jpg?v=1750431951","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9781399815277","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}