Leap of Faith

by Noor, Queen, consort of Hussein, King of Jordan

• ISBN13: 9781587244667
• ISBN10: 1587244667
• Edition: Large
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Wheeler Pub Inc

Summary

A #1 New York Times Bestseller This is the story of a young American woman who became wife and partner to an Arab monarch. It provides a compelling portrait of the late King Hussein and his lifelong effort to bring peace to his war torn region, and an insider's view of the growing gulf between the United States and the Arab nations. It is also the refreshingly candid story of a mother coming to terms with the demands the king's role as a world statesman placed on her family's private life. But most of all it is a love story -- the intimate account of a woman who lost her heart to a king, and to his people.

Table of Contents

First Impressions	p. 1
Roots	p. 9
Tehran Journal	p. 35
An Audience with the King	p. 45
A Leap of Faith	p. 79
Honeymoon at Gleneagles	p. 105
A Young Bride in the Royal Household	p. 127
Pomp and Circumstance	p. 145
One Crisis after Another	p. 155
America through New Eyes	p. 189
At Home and Abroad	p. 219
"Women Hold Up Half the Sky"	p. 245
Parenthood	p. 269
Growing Pains	p. 289
Prelude to War	p. 299
Fire in the Gulf	p. 327
Test of Faith	p. 337
A Day Like No Other	p. 351
The Edge of the Abyss	p. 383
The White Bird	p. 399
The Skies Cried	p. 423
Epilogue	p. 437
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