Tag search:Arranged Marriages

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows

by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Digital audiobook, 2017
Tags
21st Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, Australian Literature, Contemporary Fiction, Storytelling, Women, Feminism, Arranged Marriages, Widows, Immigrants — 17 more, Erotica, Erotic Stories, Sex, Punjabi, Sikhs, Indian Culture, Murder, Honour Crimes, England, Reese's Book Club, Audiobook, Narrated by Meera Syal, Library Book (National), OverDrive, Acquired in 2018, Read in 2018, Completed September 2018
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2018
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Miniaturist

by Jessie Burton
Digital audiobook, 2014
Tags
17th Century, 1680s, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Marriage, Arranged Marriages, Newlyweds, Sisters in Law — 24 more, Brothers & Sisters, Secrets, Betrayal, Homosexuality, Dollhouses, Miniatures, Hobbies, Occupations, Merchants, Dutch East India Company, Burghermasters, Trials, Amsterdam, Holland, Galaxy National Book Awards, Walter Scott Prize Longlist, Waterstones Books of the Year, Rec'd by Helene (aunt), Audiobook, Narrated by Davina Porter, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2017, Read in 2017, Completed January 2017
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2017
Series
Miniaturist (1)
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong: The Autobiographical Writings of a Crown Princess of Eighteenth-Century Korea

by JaHyun Kim Haboush
Paperback, 2013
Tags
18th Century, 18th Century Literature, Nonfiction, Korean Literature, Biography, Autobiographical, Biographical Fiction, Memoirs, Crown Princess Hyegyong, Hyegyong, Court Life — 11 more, Nobility, Queens, Marriage, Arranged Marriages, Women, Korea, The Red Queen, Inspiration for The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble, Rec'd by Margaret Drabble, Library Book (National), On Order
Status
Available
Call number
951.9

Restoration

by Rose Tremain
CD audiobook, 2013
Tags
17th Century, 1660s, 20th Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Restoration, King Charles II, Royalty, Bestowals — 31 more, Social Mobility, Reinvention, Doctors, Surgeons, Plague, Great Fire of London, Art, Artists, Painting, Music, Culture, Self-Awareness, Quakers, Religion, Madness, Madhouse, Mental Illness, Marriage, Arranged Marriages, Mistresses, Whitehall, Norfolk, England, Great Yarn, Booker Prize Shortlist, Audiobook, Narrated by Paul Daneman, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2013, Read in 2014, Completed April 2014
Collections
Read, To Reread, Audiobooks, Read in 2014
Series
Robert Merivel (1)
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Blood of Flowers

by Anita Amirrezvani
CD audiobook, 2007
Tags
17th Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, Persian Literature, Historical Fiction, Relationships, Mothers & Daughters, Marriage, Women, Coming of Age, Arranged Marriages — 22 more, Weaving, Rugmaking, Folklore, Persian Fables, Shah Abbas the Great, Middle East, Ishfahan, Persia, Iran, Orange Prize Longlist, Rec'd by DeltaQueen50, Rec'd by cameling, Audiobook, Narrated by Shohreh Aghdashloo, Purchased from Audible.com, Acquired in 2012, Audible Sale, Picked by DeltaQueen50, Picked for Me 2016, Read in 2016, Completed August 2016, Favourites of 2016
Collections
Read, Audiobooks, Read in 2016
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

Shanghai Girls

by Lisa See
CD audiobook, 2009
Tags
20th Century, 1930s, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Immigration, Arranged Marriages, Chinese Culture, Family, Family Secrets, WWII — 8 more, Women, Shanghai, China, Los Angeles, Library Book, Audiobook, Narrated by Janet Song, Acquired in 2011
Collection
Audiobooks
Series
Shanghai Girls (1)
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

A Thousand Splendid Suns

by Khaled Hosseini
Paperback, 2008
Tags
20th Century, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, Literary Fiction, American Literature, Afghan Literature, Relationships, Friendship — 20 more, Family, Marriage, Women, Arranged Marriages, Forced Marriages, Domestic Abuse, Abuse, War, Taliban, Islam, Afghanistan, Rec'd by souloftherose, New, Purchased from ChaptersIndigo, To Read, Acquired in 2009, Picked by luvamystery65, Picked for Me 2013, Read in 2013, Completed December 2013
Collections
Read, Read in 2013
Status
Available
Call number
813.6

The Red Queen

by Margaret Drabble
Paperback, 2005
Tags
18th Century, 21st Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Biographical Fiction, Postmodern, Crown Princess Hyegyong, Hyegyong — 30 more, The Memoirs of Lady Hyegyong, Court Life, Nobility, Queens, Ghosts, Marriage, Arranged Marriages, Scholars, Academia, Travel, Relationships, Romance, Love Affairs, Death, Mental Illness, Adoption, Women, Seoul, Korea, Oxford, London, England, 1001 Books, 1001 Books (2006 Edition), New, Purchased from ChaptersIndigo, Acquired in 2008, British Author Challenge, Read in 2015, Completed May 2015
Collections
Read, Read in 2015
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Birth of Venus

by Sarah Dunant
Paperback, 2004
Tags
15th Century, 21st Century Literature, Fiction, English Literature, Historical Fiction, Bonfire of the Vanities, Savonarola, Art, Painters, Renaissance, Women — 11 more, Arranged Marriages, Religion, Florence, Tuscany, Venice, Italy, New, Read in 2008, BookMooch, Purchased from Chapters, To Reread
Collections
Read, To Reread
Status
Available
Call number
823.914
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