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The Occasional Virgin audiobook
- By: Hanan al-Shaykh
- Narrator: Soneela Nankani
- Category: Contemporary Women, Fiction
- Length: 2 hours 39 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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The Occasional Virgin Audiobook Summary
In this frank and fearless novel, acclaimed writer Hanan al-Shaykh follows the tumultuous lives and sometimes shocking choices of women successful in their careers but unlucky in love.
On a sunny beach on the Italian Riviera, two thirtysomething women, Yvonne and Huda, relax by the sparkling sea. But despite the setting, as their vacation unfolds, their complicated pasts seep through to the idyllic present. Both women spent their childhoods in Lebanon—Yvonne raised in a Christian family, Huda in a Muslim one—and they now find themselves torn between the traditional worlds they were born into and the successful professional identities they’ve created.
Three months later, when Huda (a theater director from Toronto) visits Yvonne (an advertising executive) in London, a chance encounter with a man at Speaker’s Corner leads to profound repercussions for them both. As the novel continues, each woman will undertake her own quest for love and romance, revenge and fulfillment. Witty and wry, The Occasional Virgin is a poignant and perceptive tale for our time.
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The Occasional Virgin Full Details
| Narrator | Soneela Nankani |
| Length | 2 hours 39 minutes |
| Author | Hanan al-Shaykh |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
| Release date | May 01, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9780525634256 |
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The publisher of the The Occasional Virgin is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: beach books for women, best selling books for women, books for women, books for women best sellers, large print books for seniors, large print books for seniors best sellers, large print books for seniors best sellers paperback, novels for women best sellers, romance novels for women, romantic books for women, summer books for women, satire, literary fiction, women's fiction, gifts for women, funny books, funny gifts, humorous books, gifts for her, fiction, novels, women, women gifts, humor, fiction books, humor books, Fiction, Contemporary Women, Fiction, Satire, Fiction, Literary The BISAC Subject Code is Contemporary Women, Fiction
Additional info
The publisher of the The Occasional Virgin is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Random House Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9780525634256.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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