{"product_id":"in-the-kingdom-of-men-9780307474698","title":"In the Kingdom of Men","description":"\u003cp\u003eRaised in a two-room shack by her strict Oklahoma grandfather, Gin Mitchell knows a better life awaits her when she marries hometown hero Mason McPhee. Even so, nothing can prepare her for what's to come when Mason takes a job with the Arabian American Oil company in 1960s Saudi Arabia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGin and Mason are given a home with marble floors, a houseboy to cook their meals, and a gardener to tend the sandy patch out back. Even among the veiled women and strict laws of \u003ci\u003eshariah\u003c\/i\u003e, Gin's life has become the stuff of fairy tales. But when the body of a young Bedouin woman washes up on the shores of the Persian Gulf and Mason disappears, her world starts to close in around her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kim Barnes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 5.31w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307474698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/17\/2013 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKim Barnes is the author of two memoirs and two previous novels, including \u003ci\u003eA Country Called Home, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich received the 2009 PEN Center USA Literary Award in fiction and was named a best book of 2008 by \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eKansas City Star, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Oregonian. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is the recipient of the PEN\/Jerard Fund Award for an emerging woman writer of nonfiction, and her first memoir, \u003ci\u003eIn the Wilderness, \u003c\/i\u003ewas nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Her work has appeared in a number of publications and anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times; MORE \u003c\/i\u003emagazine; \u003ci\u003eThe Oprah Magazine;\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping; Fourth Genre; The Georgia Review; Shenandoah; \u003c\/i\u003eand the Pushcart Prize\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eanthology. Barnes is a professor of writing at the University of Idaho and lives with her husband, the poet Robert Wrigley, on Moscow Mountain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45069853229171,"sku":"9780307474698","price":27.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_b10925b0-b3ac-48c6-935c-5c6a3ddd95a1.jpg?v=1780605090","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/in-the-kingdom-of-men-9780307474698","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}