Sweetness in the Belly
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Book Info
Author
Camilla Gibb
Word Count
92,000 words
based on page count
Pages
368 pages
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Edition Publisher
Penguin
Edition Publish Date
2007-03-27
Identifiers
ISBN-10: 0143038729
ISBN-13: 9780143038726
Description
Like Brick Lane and The Kite Runner, Camilla Gibb’s widely praised new novel is a poignant and intensely atmospheric look beyond the stereotypes of Islam. After her hippie British parents are murdered, Lilly is raised at a Sufi shrine in Morocco. As a young woman she goes on pilgrimage to Harar, Ethiopia, where she teaches Qur’an to children and falls in love with an idealistic doctor. But even swathed in a traditional headscarf, Lilly can’t escape being marked as a foreigner. Forced to flee Ethiopia for England, she must once again confront the riddle of who she is and where she belongs.
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