Daughters of the Same Secret

Amal Bounmer grows up in fear and powerlessness in a conservative Druze village in the mountains above Beirut, a place that answers hard questions with religion and seclusion. Her father, a blacksmith from the class of religious sheikhs, brings his authority down like a hammer to shape the lives of his daughters within the limits of his world. Because of her parents' faith she cannot enrol at the American University of Beirut, so Amal strikes a bargain for her release: she marries Salem, one of the community's rich men. Will he honour the deal, or must she start a new fight? The novel looks closely at Druze society, at freedom, and at motherhood as both trap and chance.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

392 pages in the original

Genres

Family, Love (assigned by AI)

Set in

Lebanon

First published

2023 by Dar al-Adab

Author's age

37 when first published

ISBN

9789953897523 (original)

9781623715397 (Interlink Books, United States)

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