Living Behind Walls: Inside the Desert Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

This is a travelogue, cum memoir about our years of living and working in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Bruce Petty's uncommonly perceptive account of life in the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia makes it possible for the reader to understand an elusive world that few westerners will ever penetrate.
Writing with riveting honesty, Petty interweaves the compelling stories of Saudi life with brief narratives of his own migrations.
Recounting ordinary life while avoiding the tricky political dimension, Petty's important book presents a profound indictment of inhumanity to women, poignantly conveying a sense of the daily struggles common to most Saudi women.
Altogether a remarkable book that spans many sides of a baffling country and its conflicted citizens.

Jean Sasson, New York Times and international best selling author of
PRINCESS: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil and MAYADA, Daughter of Iraq.