Honey and Onions: A Memoir of Saudi Arabia in the Sixties

Riyadh (Saudi Arabia): Sands Books, 1996. 1st Edition. 137 pages: illustrations; 21 cm Near fine with modest crease to front wrap upper corner. Paperback. ISBN: 9960313352

Saudi Arabia of the 1960s with a blend of candor and amused vigilance, pairing the warmth of daily encounters with the sting of cultural friction. Domestic scenes, veiled social protocols, and the rumble of modernization flicker in quick, telling sketches, giving the book its mix of sweetness and bite—the “honey and onions” of its title. Rather than grand pronouncements, Meade offers sharp moments of recognition that reveal a society balancing old certainties against the unease of rapid change, all filtered through a voice that is alert, wry, and genuinely engaged. Women Travel Writers, Middle East, Americans in Saudi Arabi