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The Ambassador's Wife by Jennifer Steil
From a real-life ambassador's wife and the acclaimed author of Exile Music comes a harrowing novel about the kidnapping of an American woman in the Middle East and the heartbreaking choices she and her husband each must make in the hope of being reunited.When bohemian artist Miranda meets British ambassador Finn in the ancient stone streets of an Islamic city, the course of her life alters in extraordinary ways. Their marriage gives her the luxury to paint whenever she wants, a staff to wait on her, and a young daughter she adores, but she loses the freedom to wander where she likes and to meet the Muslim women she is secretly teaching to paint. Her husband also makes Miranda a target- One sunny afternoon while hiking in the mountains, she is brutally kidnapped.
As Finn struggles to save his family and his career, and Miranda grows close to a stranger's child in captivity, the secrets he and Miranda have each sought to hide place them and those who trust them in peril. Not even freedom could restore the happiness that once was theirs.
Steil, Jennifer: - Jennifer Steil spent a year as editor of the Yemen Observer, a twice-weekly English-language newspaper published in Sana'a, Yemen. Before moving to Yemen in 2006, she was senior editor at the Week, which she helped to launch in 2001. She has also worked as an editor at Playgirl magazine and at Folio. Her work has appeared in Time, Life, Good Housekeeping, and Woman's Day. Jennifer has an M.S. in journalism from Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College. She lives in Sana'a, Yemen, with her fiance.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780804171465 |
| ISBN 10 | 0804171467 |
| Title | The Ambassador's Wife |
| Author | Jennifer Steil |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2016-06-14 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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