Snow Chips (Part One)

Publishing house: Dar Al-Mahrousa Number of pages: 306 pages Four sisters. Each of them has her own story. Love, marriage, and family relationships oscillate between benefit and interest or containment and compassion, sometimes accompanied by jealousy and sometimes by boredom. The four sisters have different personalities, ambitions, and aspirations, and in the end, all are constrained by societal norms and traditions. Each one has her own way of expression, for example, the impulsive one and the reserved one. If the author presents in the novel various types of female characters and similarly the male side, you will find in the novel the husband who is sensitive and loves his wife, the practical husband concerned with his job status at the expense of those around him, the kind and pampered father, and the various suitors who propose to the youngest sister "Yukiqo". The novel was published in three parts, starting from 1943 to 1948, depicting the life of a wealthy family in "Osaka" in 1936, focusing on their social life and their attempts to find a suitable husband for their sister "Yukiqo" without compromising their social status, which exposes them to many awkward situations and problems.