{"product_id":"in-the-kingdom-of-men-paperback","title":"In the Kingdom of Men - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKim Barnes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaised in a two-room shack by her strict Oklahoma grandfather, Gin Mitchell knows a better life awaits her when she marries hometown hero Mason McPhee. Even so, nothing can prepare her for what's to come when Mason takes a job with the Arabian American Oil company in 1960s Saudi Arabia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGin and Mason are given a home with marble floors, a houseboy to cook their meals, and a gardener to tend the sandy patch out back. Even among the veiled women and strict laws of \u003ci\u003eshariah\u003c\/i\u003e, Gin's life has become the stuff of fairy tales. But when the body of a young Bedouin woman washes up on the shores of the Persian Gulf and Mason disappears, her world starts to close in around her.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKim Barnes is the author of two memoirs and two previous novels, including \u003ci\u003eA Country Called Home, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich received the 2009 PEN Center USA Literary Award in fiction and was named a best book of 2008 by \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eKansas City Star, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Oregonian. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is the recipient of the PEN\/Jerard Fund Award for an emerging woman writer of nonfiction, and her first memoir, \u003ci\u003eIn the Wilderness, \u003c\/i\u003ewas nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Her work has appeared in a number of publications and anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times; MORE \u003c\/i\u003emagazine; \u003ci\u003eThe Oprah Magazine;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping; Fourth Genre; The Georgia Review; Shenandoah; \u003c\/i\u003eand the Pushcart Prize\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eanthology. Barnes is a professor of writing at the University of Idaho and lives with her husband, the poet Robert Wrigley, on Moscow Mountain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.26 x 5.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 12, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45749893726405,"sku":"9780307474698","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/XEN6uz1cNW9780307474698.webp?v=1770191466","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/in-the-kingdom-of-men-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}