The Contract

KEY SELLING POINTS The Contract was a fiction finalist for the 2018 Tucson Festival of Books Literary Award Saudi Arabia is the world's second-largest arms importer, and 61% of those imports come from the US, supporting tens of thousands of American jobs. Conflict between the US and Saudi Arabia could send repercussions around the globe. The author's first book Appetite (2016) was a 2016 USA Best Book Awards General Fiction Finalist, and the author was listed on "100 creatives you should know in metro Phoenix" by the Phoenix New Times in December 2016. The book was also reviewed favorably by Booklist and received a blurb from New York Times best-selling author Mary Mackey. In the ongoing forefront conversation about diversity and the Middle East, the book's themes of religious intolerances, ideology, communication between cultures, and women's roles in different societies are very timely. There are few novels that address what feminism looks like in Saudi Arabia. In the US, children's museums alone serve more than 31 million visitors a year, and American museums receive more visits each year than all major league sporting events and theme parks combined. In the 20th century, women's participation in the US workforce rose to 61% but has been stagnating. While the wage gap between men and women has fallen over the past several decades, it's still significant. Women's Fiction comprises of almost half of all fiction sold in the US.AUDIENCE: Career women Feminists Museum aficionados People interested in the Middle East Business consultants