Title: Celestial Bodies
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 ... against a backdrop of a rapidly changing Oman, a country evolving from a traditional, slave-owning society into its complex present"--
Subjects: Fiction, general, Middle east, fiction, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, family life, Sisters, fiction, Sisters, Fiction, Social life and customs, Sœurs, Romans, nouvelles, General, Manners and customs, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Women
Places: Oman