Sand Queen

by Helen Benedict

Book Overview

Culled from real life stories of female soldiers and Iraqis, Sand Queen offers a story of hope, courage and struggle from the rare perspective of women at war. 19-year-old Kate Brady joined the army to bring honour to her family and democracy to the Middle East. Instead, she finds herself in a forgotten corner of the Iraq desert in 2003, guarding a makeshift American prison. There, Kate meets Naema Jassim, an Iraqi medical student whose father and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616951842
• ISBN13: 9781616951849
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Soho Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.3"