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|title=In the Kingdom of Men

|author=Kim Barnes

|publisher=Hutchinson

|date=July 2012

|website=http://kimbarnes.com/

|summary=Gin McPhee comes from a long line of adventurous women. When her oil worker husband offers her the chance to get out of Houston and enjoy a new life in Saudi Arabia, complete with luxuries galore, she takes it – but it only looks good on the surface, and what lies beneath isn't anything she might have expected.

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This book begins beautifully with all the characters springing to life through fantastically spare and creative description. By the time we reach Gin, living with her her grandfather in the stifling atmosphere of a strict Methodist minister’s home, the story is in full swing and we follow Gin through her teenage years as she tries hard to rebel against all the limitations placed upon her.