About Face: The Story of a Pregnant Muslim Girl Volume 1 - Andreas, George
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When a young Muslim doctor leaves war-torn Cyprus to study pediatric medicine in Chicago, she falls in love with a Jewish colleague. But before she can tell him the news of her pregnancy, they're attacked by masked gunmen who have stormed the restaurant in which they're having dinner. Knowing that honor killings are a real threat and terrified that her male relatives will discover her pregnancy, she leaves her wounded boyfriend and takes off for Wisconsin in search of safety. But in this vast and unknown country, she finds herself constantly looking over her shoulder--and when her uncle sends…mehr

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When a young Muslim doctor leaves war-torn Cyprus to study pediatric medicine in Chicago, she falls in love with a Jewish colleague. But before she can tell him the news of her pregnancy, they're attacked by masked gunmen who have stormed the restaurant in which they're having dinner. Knowing that honor killings are a real threat and terrified that her male relatives will discover her pregnancy, she leaves her wounded boyfriend and takes off for Wisconsin in search of safety. But in this vast and unknown country, she finds herself constantly looking over her shoulder--and when her uncle sends an assassin to find her, the possibility of survival becomes slimmer than ever.
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Dr George Andreas was born on the island of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean. In 1974, shortly after the invasion of Cyprus and the loss of his Greek family's lands to the Turks, he left for Chicago, where he had accepted a surgical residency. After 20 years of practicing Plastic Surgery in the U.S., he returned to Cyprus to continue his work.Now retired, he lives with his wife in South Florida.