num_pages: 215
description: The author of Women of Sand and Myrrh tells the story of a child of the Lebanese Shia community, haunted by dark memories of deception and abuse by her parents. Seven years after initial publication, this book remains banned in several Arab countries because of the courageous and frank treatment of personal, sexual, and political subjects.
language: English
title: Story of Zahra, The
titlecomplete: Story of Zahra, The
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Lebanon, Womens, Literature, Feminism, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 1165
publisher: Doubleday