โ Scribed by Esther Freud; Esther Freud
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SUMMARY:
A remarkable debut novel from one of England's finest young writers, Hideous Kinky follows two little English girls as they struggle to establish some semblance of normal life on a journey with their mum through Europe and North Africa in the mid-1960s.Once in Marrakech, Mum immerses herself in Sufism and her quest for personal fulfillment, while the daughters rebel -- one by attempting to recreate her English life, the other by, turning her hopes for a father on a most unlikely candidate. Seen through the youngest girl's eyes, events take on increasingly alarming dimensions, making Hideous Kinky as suspenseful as it is endearing.
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