In the Kingdom of Men, Kim Barnes
In the Kingdom of Men, Kim Barnes
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In the Kingdom of Men

Author: Kim Barnes

Narrator: Marguerite Gavin

Unabridged: 11 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/19/2012

Synopsis

1967. Gin Mitchell knows a better life awaits her when she marries Mason McPhee. But nothing can prepare her for the world she and Mason step into when he takes a job with the Arabian American Oil company in Saudi Arabia. In the gated compound of Abqaiq, Gin and Mason are given a home with marble floors, a houseboy to cook their meals, and a gardener to tend the sandy patch out back. Even among the veiled women and strict laws, Gin's life has become the stuff of fairy tales. But when a young Bedouin woman is found dead, washed up on the shores of the Persian Gulf, Gin's world closes in around her, and the one person she trusts is nowhere to be found.

About Kim Barnes

Kim Barnes lives on the Isle of Wight with her partner and two children, Leo and Cameo, who greatly inspire her work. She graduated from Lincoln University, England, and has drawn ever since she was a young child. She is the illustrator of the Sparkella series written by Channing Tatum (The One and Only Sparkella and The One and Only Sparkella Makes a Plan).

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen

This book starts so well. Ginny's voice as narrator is interesting. She has an intriguing childhood. And... There appears to be a mystery here. But... What we may have hoped for as readers doesn't last. Ginny is not a very likable character. And... The mystery doesn't seem to move along to help readers......more

Goodreads review by Jacki (Julia Flyte)

Wow! This book starts so well. Ginny's voice as narrator is alive and engaging, her childhood is intriguing, there's the promise of a mystery concerning a drowned woman. But the liveliness doesn't last. Ginny is a self-centered character who is near impossible to like and the mystery takes forever t......more

Goodreads review by Alesa

This is a novel about Aramco, the oil company in Saudi Arabia with which I was an oil wife for five years. The story takes place in the late 1960s, about 12 years before my time. It is set in Abqaiq, where I lived for three months. So everything about it was really familiar to me. The author does a v......more

Goodreads review by Sam

So I'm a little confused about how I feel about this novel, being unsure if I enjoyed it or not, and thats quite an unusual feeling having just read a book - I normally know what I think and find it easy to say if I like it or not, but this has confused me. The novel follows Gin McPhee and her husban......more

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