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Sworn Virgin

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Hana Doda is an ambitious literature student in cosmopolitan Tirana. Mark Doda is a raki-drinking, chain-smoking shepherd, living alone deep in the Albanian mountains. In fact, they are the same person. When Hana's dying uncle calls her home from the city, he asks her to marry a local boy in order to run the household. Unable to accept the arranged marriage but resolved to remain independent, she must vow in accordance with Albanian tradition to live the rest of her life in chastity as a man – and becomes Mark. There is no way back for a sworn virgin. Years later Mark receives an invitation to join a cousin in Rockville, Washington DC. This is Mark's chance to escape his vow and to leave Albania for modern America. But what does he know about being a woman?


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Publisher: And Other Stories Publishing

Kindle Book

  • Release date: May 13, 2014

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781908276353
  • Release date: May 13, 2014

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781908276353
  • File size: 960 KB
  • Release date: May 13, 2014

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Kindle Book
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subjects

Fiction Literature

Languages

English

Hana Doda is an ambitious literature student in cosmopolitan Tirana. Mark Doda is a raki-drinking, chain-smoking shepherd, living alone deep in the Albanian mountains. In fact, they are the same person. When Hana's dying uncle calls her home from the city, he asks her to marry a local boy in order to run the household. Unable to accept the arranged marriage but resolved to remain independent, she must vow in accordance with Albanian tradition to live the rest of her life in chastity as a man – and becomes Mark. There is no way back for a sworn virgin. Years later Mark receives an invitation to join a cousin in Rockville, Washington DC. This is Mark's chance to escape his vow and to leave Albania for modern America. But what does he know about being a woman?


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