Behind the Veil

An Australian nurse in Saudi Arabia

Lydia Laube

PB 200 PP 202 x 129 1862542678 $17.95 Biography / Autobiography / True Stories / Travel APN 9781862542679 Wakefield Press

‘Furious, funny and assertive.’ – Weekend Australian

Lydia Laube worked as a nurse in a society that does not allow women to drive, vote, or speak to a man alone. Wearing head-to-toe coverings in stifling heat and battling administrative apathy, Lydia Laube kept her sanity and got her passport back.

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