Surreal in Saudi
Subtitle: a fictionalized account of the real-life experiece of
By: M.D. Kavanwal
Publisher: Tate
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Mustang, Okla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9781604628098
Subjects: Nurses; Fiction; Royal houses; Princes; Psychological fiction; Infirmières; Romans, nouvelles; Maisons royales
Description: Emma Gildcrest, a Canadian nurse working in Saudi Arabia, instantly learns the complexities of class and gender when her roommate of a few days, a woman she barely knows, is dragged to an Arabian prison to await the Saudi judicial systems punishmentbeatings, rape, continued imprisonment, or even stoning. Still suffering from culture shock, Emma struggles to free her roommate from a horrifying fate in this terrifying countrya country that demands your freedom as an entrance fee. Emma finally accepts, as she has no other choice, a nursing assignment with a royal family, which she is led to believe will remove her from the hostile environment she loathes.