![]() ![]() The discovery plunges the powerful family into chaos as Rosalie grapples with leaving Saudi Arabia, her life, and her family behind. More than two decades after moving to Saudi Arabia and marrying Abdullah al-Baylani, Rosalie learns that her husband has taken a second wife, beautiful Palestinian Isra. Set in oil-rich Saudi Arabia amid an unprecedented wave of terrorist violence, and exploring the loneliness of expatriatism and the immeasurable dangers of intolerance, The Ruins of Us is a timely story about the universality of family and the injustices we endure for love. Specifically, it deals with Saudi oil and marriages with "extra wives." Here's the jacket copy from Harper Perennial: The story revolves around oil and marriage (sometimes, but not always, the same thing as "oil and water"). I've been intrigued by this book ever since the advance reading copy landed on my doorstep a couple of weeks ago. This week's book giveaway is the debut novel The Ruins of Us by Keija Parssinen. ![]()
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