When Faisal makes an ill-fated choice that could destroy everything his embattled family holds dear, all must confront difficult truths as they fight to preserve what remains of their love. Meanwhile, Abdullah and Rosalie's consuming personal entanglements blind them to the crisis approaching their sixteen-year-old son Faisal, whose deepening resentment towards their lifestyle has led to his growing involvement with a controversial Sheikh. In this atmospheric debut, a young Native girl investigates the mysterious disappearance of women from her tribes reservation. How did the novel make you think differently about 9/11, terrorism, and Saudi Arabia Could you be sympathetic to Faisal and Majid in spite of their violence 11. Driven by anger and heartache, she plots her departure, soliciting fellow American and Abdullah's best friend, lonely divorce Dan Coleman, to help her. The Ruins of Us by Keija Parssinen 10.The Ruins of Us features very timely themes of intolerance, martyrdom, and political changes in the Middle East. The discovery plunges the powerful family into chaos as Rosalie grapples with leaving Saudi Arabia, her life, and her family behind. Raised in Saudi Arabia and Texas, she is a graduate of Princeton.

More than two decades after moving to Saudi Arabia and marrying Abdullah Baylani, Rosalie learns that her husband has taken a second wife, beautiful Palestinian Isra. Keija Parssinen is the author of THE RUINS OF US, which won a Michener-Copernicus Award. Meanwhile, Abdullah and Rosalie's consuming personal entanglements blind them. Driven by anger and heartache, she plots her departure, soliciting fellow American and Abdullah's best friend, lonely divorce Dan Coleman, to help her. More than two decades after moving to Saudi Arabia and marrying Abdullah Baylani, Rosalie learns that her husband has taken a second wife, beautiful Palestinian Isra.

The ruins of us by keija parssinen