Nine Parts of Desire by Geraldine Brooks
        
          
        
      
  
    
        
        
      
  
    
        
        
  
  
        
      
  
    
        
        
  
        
      
  
    
        
      
  
    
        
          
            
              Prize-winning journalist Brooks spent six years covering the Middle East through wars, insurrections, and the volcanic upheaval of resurgent fundamentalism. This book is the story of her intrepid journey toward an understanding of the women behind the veils and of the often contradictory political, religious, and cultural forces that shape their lives.
DoubleDay: 1995.
 ISBN: 9780385475761. 255 pp.
Hardcover. Very good in good jacket.