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Driving by Starlight Anat Deracine Books

A fascinating read about life as a young girl in Saudi Arabia. There is warmth and positivity despite the stifling, rigid society. Poetic irony and lines that make you linger and ruminate. Highly recommended!


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Driving by Starlight Anat Deracine Books Reviews

I learned so much about Saudi Arabia. I knew it was bad (for females) but I didn't realize it was this bad. A very interesting story, and well written. Thanks for writing it, Ms. Deracine.
Leena is about to graduate high school...an exciting time for most girls, but Leena lives in Ridyah, Saudi Arabia, where women live lives dominated by and segregated from men. With her political activist father in jail, her mother struggling to keep them fed, and her best friend recklessly breaking all the rules, Leena has enough on her plate thinking about now instead of a future comprised of either fleeing the country to freedom, going to university on a scholarship, or getting married to a man she doesn't love. Then half-American Daria arrives, and turns Leena's world upside down.

Ever read one of the feminist books from the 1950s and early 1960s? Where the housewives feel caged, stuck and unable to escape the confines of society but don't know why they feel such a deep, burning anger? This book is that multiplied by a billion, with a heavy dose of extremist religion added.

Leena is filled with anger—at society, at missing opportunities, at the unfairness and ridiculousness of everything. This isn't about covering up and wearing a veil, or even really being segregated and modest around men. It's about choice and freedom. The ability to choose simple things for oneself, to make decisions and go places without being chaperoned by a male relative. To learn to drive—and to travel without a guardian. To have your cell phone untracked and its camera left intact. To not have to walk the balance between staying fashionable for your friends (all women) while projecting modesty to avoid being sold out to the police. To not have to worry about being shaved or stoned for immodesty.

This is such an amazing book about the lives of girls in Saudi Arabia, one that I really recommend everyone pick up.

I received this ARC from NetGalley for an honest review.
This was an interesting book. Two girls coming of age in Saudi Arabia, a country that does not allow women to drive. As Leena and Mishie navigate their restrictive culture knowing an arranged marriage likely awaits the both of them, they listen to forbidden music and get Western-style clothing. Leena even drives late at night with the boy she’s secretly seeing. This book shows us no matter the culture, teenage girls are teenage girls with similar dreams, styles and preferences no matter what culture.
I was given a copy of this book in exchange for my fair and honest review.

A fascinating first person story about the life of a teenage girl in Saudi Arabia.
Librarian Yes, I'll recommend It for purchase. In the school library community we talk a lot about the importance of providing students with books that allow them to spend time inside the thoughts and experiences of someone from another culture, To that end we see lots of books about minority communities and about people living in countries in Europe or Asia. However, outside of a handful of memoirs, the Middle East is rarely represented. This book hopefully signals a change to all that. It provides a beautiful, and heartfelt look at the lives of teenage girls growing up In Saudi Arabia. Absolutely worth picking up.
Reader Set in Saudi Arabia in 2011 (right after the Arab spring) Driving by Starlight explores what it is to be a teenage girl growing up in a world where every action is a crime. The world is terrible. And yet it's beautiful at the same time. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a look into a world that most of us can (thankfully) only imagine.
This book provides an eye-opening account of life today in Saudi Arabia. But more than that, it is a compelling story with characters I grew to love. Highly recommend for adults young and old!
A fascinating read about life as a young girl in Saudi Arabia. There is warmth and positivity despite the stifling, rigid society. Poetic irony and lines that make you linger and ruminate. Highly recommended!