Journal Entry 1 by Apolonia from Lynn, Massachusetts USA on Thursday, February 07, 2008

Synopsis

From Jean Sasson, whose books have sold over five million copies, comes the third book in the Princess trilogy, Princess Sultana's Circle.

Readers of Princess and Princess Sultana's Daughters, the international best-selling books about Princess Sultana, were gripped by the revelations of a life of unimaginable wealth and shocking human rights abuses inside the royal family of Saudi Arabia. Due to readers' tremendous outpouring of interest and affection for Sultana, the author and the Princess now continue their efforts to end the outrageous human rights abuses against women, which occur all too frequently in Saudi Arabia and in other countries.

With Princess Sultana's Circle, the extraordinary story of Sultana continues. The forced marriage of Sultana's niece to a cruel and depraved older man, and Sultana's discovery of the harem of sex slaves kept by a royal cousin, makes her more determined than ever to fight the oppression of women in Saudi Arabia. Princess Sultana's Circle paints a horrifying reality for women of the desert kingdom. It is a haunting look at the danger of Saudi male dominance and the desperate lives of the women they rule.


About the Author:

Jean Sasson is the author of three nonfiction bestsellers, The Rape of Kuwait (a New York Times bestseller), Princess, and Princess Sultana's Daughters. Jean first witnessed the peril of absolute male authority when she traveled to Saudi Arabia over 20 years ago to work as an administrative coordinator at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Riyadh. Jean lives in her native southern United States and is currently at work on Arab Hearts, Arab Minds which details her own exhilarating experiences while living in, and traveling throughout the Middle East.

I have read all three books in this trilogy, and they are all heartbreaking. I applaud Sultana's courage.

I'll be sending this to a friend soon. 

Journal Entry 2 by CheriePie from Campbell, California USA on Sunday, February 17, 2008

One of three swap books I got from Apolonia at our first ever BookObsessed Mass. meetup with live swaps! w00t w00t!! As this is a nonfiction, I'm not sure how I'm gonna take to it, but I plan to try out one of the other 2 first to check out the genre. Thanks Anjanette!! It was great seeing you again! ::hugs::