From Sleep Unbound

“Much of this delicately composed, elegant novel is a gentle and simple story of a woman searching for herself in a world of callous, unimaginative male supremacy…. The writing, disclosing bitter, painful truths, is deceptively lyrical.” — The Times

“This is a lyrical novel that portrays the life of an Egyptian woman who is forced to accept a loveless and humiliating marriage.” — The Women’s Review of Books

“Woman may be compared to a very deep body of water; one can never predict the power of the undertow.”