Faten’s happy life in her village comes to an abrupt end when her father arranges for her to work as a servant for a wealthy Beirut family with two spoiled daughters. What does a bright, ambitious seventeen-year-old do when she is suddenly deprived of her friends, family, education and freedom? Could the mysterious, wealthy young man who lives in the next apartment building help?
See the review at WOW Review, Volume VI, Issue 3
- ISBN: 9781554983070
- Author: Sharafeddine, Fatima
- Published: 2013 , Groundwood Books
- Themes: Family, Self-actualization, Social life and customs, Women and girls
- Descriptors: Lebanon, Middle East, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18)
- No. of pages: 160