Ḥārithī, Jūkhah, <br/><br/>
Celestial bodies :  a novel / 
Jokha Alharthi ; translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth. 
 - xi, 243 pages :  genealogical table ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> First published in Oman in 2010. 
<br/><br/> "In the village of al-Awafi in Oman, we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla, who chooses to refuse all offers and await a reunion with the man she loves, who has emigrated to Canada. These three women and their families, their losses and loves, unspool ... against a backdrop of a rapidly changing Oman, a country evolving from a traditional, slave-owning society into its complex present"--Publisher marketing. 
<br/><br/><br/>Translated from Arabic. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1948226944 9781948226943 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019944448 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sisters--Oman--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Oman--Social life and customs--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Domestic fiction.<br/>Historical fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PJ7928 .R58  / H38 2019