What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile #1) by Isabel Ibañez
«Tell me,” he said slowly. “What do I have to do to get you to stop asking me questions?” “Answer one of them.” He laughed. “Your curiosity has no sense of decency.»
“Women aren’t usually consulted on wars. We send our husbands and brothers and sweethearts to do the dying, hold the pieces together while they’re gone, then pick up what’s left when they come home—if they come home—but we’re seldom asked what we think.”
