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Book Club Visiting Saudi Arabia in August
Finding Nouf
by Zoe Ferraris August 15
When sixteen-year-old Nouf ash-Shrawi goes missing in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, her wealthy family suspects that she's run away to the desert to escape her imminent marriage. Her brother Othman calls on his good friend Nayir to help find her. However, after ten futile days of searching, it is not Nayir but some anonymous desert travelers who find her body. Unable to let go of his failure to help Othman, Nayir determines that he must at least try to find out what really happened to Nouf—for despite the official coroner's report and the family's desire for privacy, foul play seems likely and the many unanswered questions refuse to leave him in peace. The search will force religiously conservative Nayir to face his dearth of knowledge of women and unfulfilled desire for a wife as he joins forces with Katya, a forward-thinking forensic lab technician who challenges his opinions, and attempts to discover the secrets of rich, coddled Nouf.
Book Club will meet after worship on August 15. Finding Nouf is reserved behind the counter at Steve’s Sundry, 2612 South Harvard, under the College Hill Book Club’s name. Read it and then join us for discussion, food and fun!
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