The Servant
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.30 (659 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 155498307X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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. No redistribution permitted. Marwan not only facilitates the testing Faten will need to enter college, but he also becomes her clandestine love interest. From School Library Journal Gr 8 Up–Forced to supplement her family's income, Faten must leave behind her village, friends, and schooling to work as a maid in Beirut for a family with two daughters and an unkind, demanding housewife. However, this modern-day fairy tale abandons the prince as the problem solver and instead features a heroine whose talent, work ethic, and ambition break the spell of servitude and poverty.–Lynn Rashid, Marriotts Ridge High School, Marriottsville, MD(c) Copyright 2013. As she goes about her daily chores, she dreams of returning to school and becoming a nurse in the war-torn city. The teen's plans suddenly come to a halt when her employer discovers that she has lied to them ab
Very Well Written Kimberly Back in December and January I signed up for many (too many) reading challenges and as per usual I am drastically behind especially with my Middle Eastern Reading Challenge which is why when I saw that my library had The Servant I had to read it.The Servant was a really wonderful coming of age story about a young Lebanese girl named Faten working in Beirut during the late 1980's during a turbulent time in the city's history. Faten . "Not Your Traditional Cinderella" according to Elsa Marston. THE SERVANT has been called a Cinderella story, and in some ways, that's appropriate. At the start, teenaged Faten, from a poor family, is working as a maid for a well-to-do Beirut family who don't treat her very well; but everything turns out fine in the end, complete with Prince Charming in his expensive blue car. There the similarity ends. While the traditional Cinderella is a passive creature to whom nice things just happen, Fa. Beautiful and sobering tale Amazon Customer Beautiful and sobering tale about fate and perseverance. I myself am no longer a 'young adult' (sigh) and yet I loved it.
What does a bright, ambitious 17-year-old do when she is suddenly deprived of her friends, family, education, and freedom? Enlisting the help of Marwan, the mysterious, wealthy young man who lives in the next apartment building, Faten finally figures out how to pursue her studies in secret. Even against the uncertain backdrop of the civil war, their romance develops, as Marwan and Faten conspire to exchange notes and meet at an idyllic seaside café. But in Lebanese society the differences in religion, class, and wealth are stacked against them, and their parents have very different ideas about what their futures should be. An engaging and lucidly written coming-of-age novel.. Faten’s happy life