num_pages: 256
description: In the village of al-Awafi in Oman we encounter three sisters: Mayya who marries after a heartbreak; Asma who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla who chooses to refuse all offers and await a reunion with the man she loves who has emigrated to Canada. These three women and their families their losses and loves unspool beautifully against a backdrop of a rapidly changing Oman a country evolving from a traditional slave-owning society into its complex present. Through the sisters we glimpse a society in all its degrees from the very poorest of the local slave families to those making money through the advent of new wealth.
language: English
title: Celestial Bodies
publisher: Catapult