Painting Kuwait Violet
by Pamela Q. Fernandes
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Pub Date Sep 04 2018 | Archive Date Oct 31 2018
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Description
In 1996, a young graduate, Violet Baretto leaves Goa to work in oil-rich Kuwait as a maid for a wealthy Kuwaiti woman. To her horror, she finds herself accused of theft, her colleagues assaulted, thrown from moving cars or performing ‘favors.’
Sabah Dashti, the Kuwaiti matriarch can’t tell Violet the truth; nine of Sabah's previous maids have absconded, five of them were found pregnant or that the police think she's running a prostitution ring. Kuwait is still patriarchal and women are second-class citizens. Despite their differences, both Sabah and Violet are hungry for success. But a woman-hating, the killer has set eyes on them and will not let them succeed at any cost.
Poignant, chilling and honest, Painting Kuwait Violet underlines the reality of women on either side of the country’s class divide.
Advance Praise
PAINTING KUWAIT VIOLET is a gut-clenching story no woman in a free world could imagine, and no human should accept. Written in an era over twenty years ago, has Sabah’s world changed? Would young women like Violet ever become more than nothing? Humans are capable of great injustices against their fellow humans and this eye-opening story, while based on fictional characters is frighteningly real and accepted as part of life and some inherent right.
A poignant tale by a talented author who has presented her story as a slice of the reality for far too many, while letting all of the ugliness come through on its own. A must read for everyone!
-Tome Tender Blogger
Available Editions
| ISBN | 9781625268341 |
| PRICE | $3.94 (USD) |
