Women's Fiction
In 1996, a young graduate, Violet Baretto leaves Goa to work in oil-rich Kuwait as a maid for a wealthy Kuwaiti woman, Sabah Dashti. Poignant, chilling and honest, Painting Kuwait Violet underlines the reality of women on either side of the country's class divide.
The Ruins of Us by Keija Parssinen
Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan
