TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ḥārithī,Jūkhah
AU  - Booth,Marilyn
TI  - Celestial bodies: a novel 
SN  - 9781912240166
AV  - PJ7928.R58 S2813 2019
U1  - 892.7/37 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - Catapult
KW  - Sisters
KW  - Oman
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Fiction
KW  - sears
KW  - Domestic fiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - fast
KW  - Historical fiction
N1  - First published in Oman in 2010; P.B; Includes a bibliographical reference (page xi)
N2  - "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"--
ER  -