Fiction & Literature
Virgins of Paradise
Barbara Wood
Synopsis
Jasmine and Camelia grow up within an aristocratic Cairo household after the Second World War. Refusing the futures their family expects, one pursues medicine in America while the other turns to dance. Their divergent paths reveal the pressures facing women in a changing Egypt.
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