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    Dear Reader,
    Welcome to the first installment of bestselling writer
    Jean Sasson
    ’s memoir,
    AMERICAN CHICK IN SAUDI ARABIA.
    In AMERICAN CHICK, Sasson focuses on three very different women—a Bedouin, a
    wealthy princess and a wife who has been brutalized by her husband—to show readers
    just what domestic life was like for “ordinary” Saudi women.
    Many readers will recall the shock and fascination that gripped them when, twenty years
    ago, they first read Sasson’s book
    PRINCESS:
    A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in
    Saudi Arabia
    . PRINCESS fairly defined popular nonfiction. PRINCESS was assigned in
    high school and college classes. It was shared by mothers and daughters. Sasson opened a
    window into a secret world, proffering readers a glimpse into a region of the globe that
    until then little interested or concerned most Westerners.
    In the past two decades, we’ve learned the crucial role that Saudi Arabia plays in our
    economy. We now know US foreign policy is intimately linked to the politics of Saudi
    rulers. And we may look at photographs of shiny big office buildings in Riyadh and
    Jeddah and we may hear news of diplomatic missions with the Saudi ambassador and
    conclude, “I’m looking at a modern country.”
    But it would be wrong to conclude that the modernization of Saudi Arabia’s
    infrastructure means that life has changed for Saudi women. The truth is that life for
    women in Saudi Arabia has remained much the same as it was when Jean Sasson wrote
    PRINCESS.
    In the year 2012, most Saudi women still must shroud themselves completely before
    venturing outdoors. Its women cannot drive. Young girls are still married off to brutal
    older men. For a woman to leave an unwilling husband is virtually impossible. Men may
    divorce their wives simply by repeating the words, "I divorce you" three times, while
    unhappy women are instructed by religious authorities to go home and make their
    husbands happy. Although most Saudi women are educated, only ten percent of the
    workforce is female, and those women are forbidden to work alongside men.
    Good news of women’s social progress in Saudi Arabia is rare and often spotted with
    inconsistencies. Recently, a Saudi woman was appointed an Olympic torch-bearer—the
    first woman chosen to represent Saudi Arabia at the Olympic games—but within a week,
    the government forbade Saudi women to participate at all. King Abdullah recently
    decreed that women will be permitted to vote in the 2015 elections, although her actual
    participation at the polls is determined by the man who rules her: her father, husband or
    son. It’s astonishing and sad that the glacial pace of change for women in Saudi Arabia
    means PRINCESS still aptly describes current life there.
    Twenty years ago, PRINCESS was an immediate bestseller. Sasson went on to write five
    other bestselling true stories of Mideast women. Her most recent book—GROWING UP
    BIN LADEN, written with the cooperation of Omar Bin Laden and his mother Najwah—
    convinced journalists and academics that Sasson’s great popularity is grounded in a deep
    comprehension of the region’s history.
    As Jean’s editor and now her agent, I have always wanted Jean to share the story of how
    the Mideast looked from her personal perspective. I was also fascinated by her courage
    and her indefatigable quest for answers. How did a small-town Southern girl end up
    living in Saudi Arabia for twelve years? What was it like to walk through Riyadh in an
    abaaya and veil? How did it feel to confront a roaming mutaawa? And what is it like for
    the first wife of a Saudi prince...when the prince decides he wants an additional wife?
    Most of all, how could Jean Sasson simultaneously love this land and its people yet see
    the many flaws so clearly?
    AMERICAN CHICK IN SAUDIA ARABIA is the result.
    In succeeding volumes Jean Sasson will tell the stories of her often-dangerous,
    sometimes-funny and always-poignant encounters with women and men in Lebanon,
    Kuwait, Iraq and Thailand.
    AMERICAN CHICK is written with generosity and knowledge. It’s only 30,000 words
    long. It will leave you wanting to learn more.
    With best wishes,
    Liza Dawson
    Liza Dawson Associates
    Praise for PRINCESS:
    "Absolutely riveting and profoundly sad..."
    --People
    "Unforgettable...fascinating...a book to move you to tears." --Fay Weldon
    "A chilling story...a vivid account of an air-conditioned nightmare..."
    --Entertainment
    Weekly
    "Must-reading for anyone interested in human rights."
    --USA Today
    "Shocking...candid...sad, sobering, and compassionate..."
    --San Francisco Chronicle
    Links to just a few of the recent national and international articles about Jean Sasson.
    And check out her web site
    for more information:
     American Chick in Saudi Arabia
    a memoir
    Jean Sasson
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