{"product_id":"the-view-from-garden-city-a-novel","title":"The View from Garden City: A Novel","description":"Author Carolyn Baugh tells the moving story of a young American student living in the Garden City district of Cairo. Although she came to study Arabic, she learns far more from the Egyptian women, young and old, that she meets within the swirl and tumult of Garden City. Living, loving, and flourishing amid the fierce inflexibility of tradition, these women reveal a fascinating world of arranged marriages, secret romances, and the often turbulent bonds between four generations of Arab mothers and daughters.\n\nMeet the women of Garden City:\n\nHuda, who waited desperately for the man she loved until she could wait no longer\nKarima, who found her future husband amid the madness of war\nAfkar, who paid a dreadful price for her freedom\nSelwa, who suffered through the deaths of her children\nYusriyya, who left her native village for a new life in the city\nSamira, who loved a man who was not hers\n\nRich with the sights and sounds of modern Egypt, The View from Garden City explores the stunning inner strength of women torn between their dreams for the future and the sometimes harsh realities of the past and present.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0765321831\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0765321831.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Baugh, Carolyn\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43178353164349,"sku":"BVV.0765321831.A","price":32.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-view-from-garden-city-a-novel","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}