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Series: Romans Contemporains
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ISBN10: 2709658690
ISBN13: 9782709658690
Publisher: Editions J.C. Lattes
Published: May 14 2024
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.77 Width: 5.51 Depth: 8.86
Language: French
ISBN13: 9782709658690
Publisher: Editions J.C. Lattes
Published: May 14 2024
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.77 Width: 5.51 Depth: 8.86
Language: French
A story of love, submission, resilience, sublimation and friendship in a world that does not appreciate women and seeks to diminish them.
Claire is a twenty nine year old free-lance designer and happily single. But all that changes when she meets Mark, a handsome charming man.
Claire, who never desired to live with a man, finds herself sharing her apartment with Mark in just under a few weeks. And, although she was adamantly opposed to marriage, a few months later, they are wed.
Then she leaves her job, friends, family and even her beloved cat, to follow Mark to Saudi Arabia where he is hired by the Pasteur Institute to open a laboratory. In Riyadh she is both fascinated by the Orient and appalled at the lack of freedom for women. She must wear a chador wherever she goes and is forbidden to drive or ride a bicycle.
Thus begins a long descent into hell for Claire. With no choice but to submit to these new rules, little by little she loses her combative spirit and her identity. Mark on his end is frustrated by a disappointing job that once again forces him to face his failures. Consequently he becomes more overbearing and violent.
Claire is a twenty nine year old free-lance designer and happily single. But all that changes when she meets Mark, a handsome charming man.
Claire, who never desired to live with a man, finds herself sharing her apartment with Mark in just under a few weeks. And, although she was adamantly opposed to marriage, a few months later, they are wed.
Then she leaves her job, friends, family and even her beloved cat, to follow Mark to Saudi Arabia where he is hired by the Pasteur Institute to open a laboratory. In Riyadh she is both fascinated by the Orient and appalled at the lack of freedom for women. She must wear a chador wherever she goes and is forbidden to drive or ride a bicycle.
Thus begins a long descent into hell for Claire. With no choice but to submit to these new rules, little by little she loses her combative spirit and her identity. Mark on his end is frustrated by a disappointing job that once again forces him to face his failures. Consequently he becomes more overbearing and violent.
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