{"product_id":"9781569479674","title":"Sand Queen","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis novel of female friendship in the midst of war is “\u003ci\u003eThe Things They Carried \u003c\/i\u003efor women in Iraq” (\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Nineteen-year-old Kate Brady joined the army to bring honor to her family and to the Middle East. Instead, she finds herself in a forgotten corner of the Iraq desert in 2003, guarding a makeshift American prison. There, Kate meets Naema Jassim, an Iraqi medical student whose father and little brother have been detained in the camp.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Kate and Naema promise to help each other, but the war soon strains their intentions. Like any soldier, Kate must face the daily threats of combat duty, but as a woman, she is in equal danger from the predatory men in her unit. Naema suffers bombs, starvation, and the loss of her home and family. As the two women struggle to survive and hold on to the people they love, each comes to have a drastic and unforeseeable effect on the other’s life.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e From the author of \u003ci\u003eWolf Season\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lonely Soldier\u003c\/i\u003e, and informed by numerous interviews with those who were there, \u003ci\u003eSand Queen\u003c\/i\u003e is a “heartbreaking, vivid story of the particular difficulties of being not just a soldier, but a female soldier” (\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Soho Press, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47146967498992,"sku":"9781569479674","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781569479674_p0.jpg?v=1763789484","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781569479674","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}