Overview: Author Carolyn Baugh tells the moving story of a young American student living in the Garden City district of Cairo. Having come to study Arabic, she learns far more from the Egyptian women, young and old, she meets within the swirl and tumult of Garden City. Living, loving, and flourishin
The View from Garden City: A Novel
โ Scribed by Baugh, Carolyn
- Book ID
- 108882807
- Publisher
- Tom Doherty Associates
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 343 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780765316578
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โฆ Synopsis
Overview: Author Carolyn Baugh tells the moving story of a young American student living in the Garden City district of Cairo. Having come to study Arabic, she learns far more from the Egyptian women, young and old, she meets within the swirl and tumult of Garden City. Living, loving, and flourishing amid the fierce inflexibility of tradition, these women reveal a fascinating world of arranged marriages, secret romances, and the often turbulent bonds between four generations of Arab mothers and daughters.
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