title: Reading Arab Women's Autobiographies: Shahrazad Tells Her Story
author:  Nawar Al-Hassan Golley 
description: "This book is theoretically well-grounded, wide-ranging in its coverage of texts and theories, and eminently readable. Al-Hassan writes with verve and . . . without relying on jargon, a refreshing change in a book dealing with texts and textualities.Asma" (Barlas author of Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Quran)
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  Courting Scandal
  
  Arabella Swinley was once the diamond of the ton, a rare blonde beauty with an
  exquisite knack for the art of flirtation and a reputation for rejecting an
  unprecedented number of suitors. Faced now with a dwindling number of offers
  for her hand, she and her scheming mother are in a panic: if Arabella can’t
  secure a moneyed husband soon, they’ll be at the mercy of the debt collectors
  and left to fend for themselves. When a titled gentleman many decades her
  senior proposes, Arabella resigns herself to a loveless but secure
  marriage—even as her eye, and her heart, keep returning to the ruggedly
  handsome and most unacceptable Marcus Westhaven.
  
  Marcus, an adventurer just back from years exploring the Canadian wilderness,
  is the most unconventional man proper society has ever tolerated, and
  penniless to boot. With an amused and defiant smirk, he makes no pretense
  about his scorn for the shallowness and