Mourad and his family live in Nice. His retired father spends his
days fixing up things in the backyard; his mother, bemoaning the
loss of her natal village in North Africa. Dounia, the eldest, is a
staunch feminist; Mina, the youngest, blushes when the scented
shower gel ad comes on. Mourad is strangely torn between a desire
for freedom and the fear of his worst nightmare: that of becoming
an overweight bachelor with salt and pepper hair. On her eighteenth
birthday, Dounia leaves home for good. She is no longer part of the
family. Ten years later, Mourad's father has a stroke and makes his
son promise to patch things up with his estranged sister, now a
lawyer with an aspiring career in politics. Appointed to the
Parisian suburbs as a teacher-in-training, Mourad tracks down
Dounia and battles to span the gulf separating her and the rest of
the family.
General
| Imprint: |
Cassava Republic Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
August 2021 |
| Authors: |
Faiza Guene
|
| Translators: |
Sarah Ardizzone
|
| Dimensions: |
135 x 216 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
216 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-911115-69-4 |
| Subtitles: |
French
|
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-911115-69-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781911115694 |
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