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Daughters of Arabia by Jean Sasson
Category: Biography
Readers of Princess Sultana's extraordinary story, Princess, were gripped by her powerful indictment of women's lives behind the veil within the royal family of Saudi Arabia. Now, the princess turns the spotlight on her two teenage daughters, Maha and Amani.
Desert Royal by Jean Sasson
Category: Biography | Series: Princess Ser.
This volume is a reissue of the third instalment of Princess Sultana's 'life behind the veil' revelations, by the author of 'Princess and Daughters of Arabia'.
For the Love of a Son : One Afghan Woman's Quest for Her Stolen Child by Jean Sasson
Category: Biography
From the time she was a little girl, Maryam rebelled against the terrible second-class existence that was her destiny as an Afghan woman. She had witnessed the miserable fate of her grandmother and three aunts, and wished she had been born a boy. As a feisty teenager in Kabul, she was outraged when the ...Show more
For the Love of a Son: One Afghan Woman's Quest for Her Stolen Child by Jean Sasson
Category: Biography
Set against a landscape littered with tragic tales of horrific suffering, the author chronicles the story of one resolute but tormented Afghan woman determined to achieve freedom and equality with men.
Growing Up Bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World by Jean Sasson
Category: Biography
Granting extraordinary access to their private world, Osama's wife and son reveal the frightening transformation of a loving husband into a hardened terrorist. In 1996, Osama chose the 15-year-old Omar to accompany him to his mountain fortress of Tora Bora in Afghanistan, where the risks of hunger and d ...Show more
Love in a Torn Land by Jean Sasson
Category: Biography
Tells the true story of a young woman caught up in Saddam Hussein's genocide of the Kurdish people of Iraq.
Mayada : Daughter Of Iraq - One woman's survival in Saddam Hussein's torture jail by Jean Sasson
Category: Biography
Mayada was born into a powerful Iraqi family. When Saddam Hussein seized power, Mayada found herself alone in Baghdad, a divorced parent, earning a meagre living, until one morning when she was dragged to the notorious Baladiyat Prison, falsely accused of printing anti-government propaganda and thrown i ...Show more
Mayada, Daughter of Iraq - One Woman's Survival under Saddam Hussein by Jean Sasson
Category: Biography
A member of one of the most distinguished and honored families in Iraq, Mayada grew up surrounded by wealth and royalty. But when Saddam Hussein's regime took power, she was thrown into cell 52 in the infamous Baladiyat prison with seventeen other nameless, faceless women from all walks of life. To ease ...Show more
Princess by Jean Sasson
Category: Biography | Series: Princess Trilogy
This title is a reissue of a shocking true story of life behind the veil.
Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia by Jean Sasson
Category: Biography
Sultana is a Saudi Arabian princess, a woman born to fabulous, uncountable wealth. She has four mansions on three continents, her own private jet, glittering jewels, designer dresses galore. But in reality she lives in a gilded cage. She has no freedom, no control over her own life, no value but as a be ...Show more
Princess More Tears to Cry by Jean Sasson
Category: Biography
When Jean Sasson's book Princess: Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia was published, it became an immediate international bestseller. It sold to 43 countries and spent 13 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. Now, in this long-awaited, compelling new book, Sasson and the Princess 'Sultana' retur ...Show more
Princess: More Tears to Cry by Jean Sasson
Category: Biography
When Jean Sasson's book Princess: Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia was published, it became an immediate international bestseller. It sold to 43 countries and spent 13 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. Now, in this long-awaited, compelling new book, Sasson and the Princess 'Sultana' retur ...Show more