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ISBN: 9780593295304
When a young man is given the chance to rewrite his future, he doesn't realize the price he will pay for giving up his past... Casablanca's stinking alleys are the only home that nineteen-year-old Youssef El-Mekki has ever known. Raised by his mother in a one-room home, he dreams of escape - until, one day, the father he thought dead turns out to be very much alive, and whisks him from the slums into the luxurious life of Casablanca's elite. But as he leaves the poverty of his childhood behind him, he comes up against a starkly un-glittering reality...
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Summary
Summary
When a young man is given the chance to rewrite his future, he doesn't realize the price he will pay for giving up his past... Casablanca's stinking alleys are the only home that nineteen-year-old Youssef El-Mekki has ever known. Raised by his mother in a one-room home, he dreams of escape - until, one day, the father he thought dead turns out to be very much alive, and whisks him from the slums into the luxurious life of Casablanca's elite. But as he leaves the poverty of his childhood behind him, he comes up against a starkly un-glittering reality...Author
Author Bio: Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the author of several books, including The Moor’s Account, which won the American Book Award, the Arab-American Book Award, the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. The Moor’s Account was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and included on several best-books-of-the-year lists, including the Wall Street Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and NPR. Her latest novel, The Other Americans, was published in March 2019. She is the recipient of fellowships from the British Council and the Fulbright and Guggenheim foundations, and is a professor of creative writing at the University of California at Riverside.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Fiction/Literary |
| Runtime: | 7.68 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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