Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab World by Leïla Slimani
Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab World

Leïla Slimani

Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab World

Leïla Slimani with Sarah Agha, Sophie Lewis

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The first work of non-fiction in English from the prize-winning and internationally bestselling author of Lullaby and Adèle.In these essays, Leila Slimani gives voice to young Moroccan women who are grappling with a conservative Arab culture that ...

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