TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jokha Alharthi
AU  - Booth,Marilyn,Tr
TI  - Celestial bodies
SN  - 978938677568
U1  - 892.737 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - London 
PB  - Simon & Schuster 
KW  - Sisters
KW  - FICTION / Literary
KW  - FICTION / Family Life / General
KW  - FICTION / Women
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - Arabic literature-Novel
N1  - First published in Oman in 2010
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"--
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