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Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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- Title
- Driving by Starlight
- Author
- Deracine, Anat
- Publisher
- Square Fish
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 125030895X
- ISBN 13
- 9781250308955
- Item weight
- 0.529 pounds
- Dimensions
- N/A
A 2019 CCBC best-of-the-year recommendation by the University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Leena's commanding voice conveys her desperation, courage, and intellect in a riveting, ultimately exhilarating page-turner." —Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW
"The fast-paced narrative and unexpected twists make for an engaging yet educational novel with a powerful message about the complexities of being a woman in a man's world." —Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW
In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, "Colored clothes could get you sent to the headmistress's office. Boys got you beheaded." Leena is 16 and her father is in jail. Without a male guardian, she can't go to college, can't marry, can't get a job. As if this isn't bad enough, her best friend seems intent on drawing the attention of the watchful religious police, wearing contraband lingerie and flirting with boys. Leena is going out of her mind, and her only escape is to dress as a boy and drag-race cars at night. Self-destructive, yes. But what other choice is there?
"I know it's dangerous," Mishail said. Everything we want is forbidden or dangerous. I just don't care."
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About the Author
Her short story, "The Divine Comedy of the Tech Sisterhood" highlights inequalities in the tech industry and was featured on the front page of Medium. She has also written several articles on writing craft, technology, and decolonization, for Publishers' Weekly, Writer's Digest, Mslexia, The Writing Cooperative, and more.
She has been featured in interviews and podcasts on writing craft, gender and feminism, as well as on diversity issues in the tech industry, where she currently works as an executive.
Some of her publications:
- Driving by Starlight (Macmillan, 2018)
- The Divine Comedy of the Tech Sisterhood (Code like a Girl)
- Why do you believe you're a woman? (An Injustice!)
- Authors can be agents of hope (Publishers Weekly)
- The agony and the ecstasy of switching genres (Pipeline Artists)
- Give a woman a mask and she'll take you somewhere new (Mslexia)
- Publishing is a wedding, writing a marriage (The Writing Cooperative)
- How to be edited without losing your voice (Writers' Digest)
- Writing Female Friendship (Kobo)
- 5 A's of Decolonized Editing (Book Trust)
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Better World Books
Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since August 3, 2006
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Better World Books (https://www.BetterWorldBooks.com) is a for-profit, socially conscious business and a global online bookseller that collects and sells new and used books online, matching each purchase with a book donation. Each sale generates funds for literacy and education initiatives in the U.S., the UK, and around the world. Since its launch in 2003, Better World Books has raised $33 million for libraries and literacy, donated over 32 million books, and reused or recycled more than 397 million books.…
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