The Nightingale
Books / Paperback
ISBN: 0758227280 / Publisher: Kensington, February 2009
Set in war-torn Iraq, this first novel by Gallaway concerns a woman who must choose between adhering to strict traditions and wearing the hijab, or allowing new American friends to influence her future life.
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In war-torn Iraq, Leila al-Ghani, forced to strictly adhere to traditions, including an arranged marriage, defies her father's wishes and secretly takes a job as a translator at an American military base where her life is forever changed by the people she encounters. Original.
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