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Sweetness in the belly / Camilla Gibb.
Record details
- ISBN: 0385660170 (hc)
- Physical Description: 415 p. : map
- Publisher: Toronto : Doubleday Canada, c2005.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Evergreen Award nominee, 2006. |
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| Subject: | England > Fiction Ethiopia > Fiction |
| Genre: | Love stories |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | FIC Gibb | 31681002796142 | FICTION | Available | - |
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From award-winning and bestselling author Camilla Gibb comes a richly imagined narrative of one womanâs search for love and belonging cast against a nuanced portrait of political upheaval.
In the racially charged world of Thatcherâs London, Lilly, a young, white, Muslim nurse, struggles in a state of invisible exile. As Ethiopian refugees gradually begin to fill the flats of the housing estate where she lives, she begins to share her longing for a home in that distant land and her heartbreaking search for her missing lover, Aziz.
Gibb takes us on a journey back to Haile Selassieâs Ethiopia, and tells the remarkable story of Lillyâs discovery of an unexpected place for herself within the walls of the ancient city of Harar, a revered centre of Islam, unique in its language, customs and beliefs. As her roots in the place deepen so too does her clandestine relationship with the young Dr. Aziz. But Ethiopia is veering toward revolution, and hope for a future with Aziz is dramatically threatened when the country is thrown into political turmoil.
A psychologically complex and utterly convincing story, alive with political insight and sensuous detail, Sweetness in the Belly is a mesmerizing work from one of Canadaâs most distinctive and exciting voices.
