The arrogant years : one girl's search for her lost youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn /
Lagnado, Lucette.
The arrogant years : one girl's search for her lost youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn / Lucette Lagnado. - New York : Ecco, c2011. - xii, 402 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-402).
The curse of Alexandra. The secret of the Pasha's wife ; The Alley of the Pretty One ; The bride who set herself on fire ; The bonesetter of Mouski ; The porcelain dolls of Malaka Mazli Street -- Rebuilding the hearth. The legend of Agent Extraordinary ; Passion play on Sixty-seventy Street; The healing powers of iodine ; The errant sister ; The passion of the fast ; The Messiah is a woman ; The tragedy of the navy blue blazer ; The advance of the little porcelain dolls -- Cities of refuge. The shrine on the mountain ; The fall of afterword ; The spring of nevermore ; The Princess of West 116th Street -- The lady in the pink bow. The lost art of penmanship ; The woman against the wall ; An earthquake in Cairo -- The book of lamentations. The verse of consolation -- Inside the Pasha's library.
An autobiography of Lagnado's early years as an immigrant from Cairo to Brooklyn, reflecting on her own mother's story as she makes her own choices.
9780061803673 0061803677
2011275403
Lagnado, Lucette.
Primera Jornada de Catalogacion.
Jews--Egypt--Cairo--Biography.
Jews, Egyptian--New York (State)--Biography.
Egyptian Americans--New York (State)--Biography.
Judios--Egipto Cairo--biografía.
Judios, egipcio--Nueva York (Estado)--Biografía.
Judios, egipcio--Nueva York (Estado)--Biografía.
Americanos egipcios--Nueva York (Estado)--Biografía.
002 E 184.37 / L176a 2011
296.092
The arrogant years : one girl's search for her lost youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn / Lucette Lagnado. - New York : Ecco, c2011. - xii, 402 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-402).
The curse of Alexandra. The secret of the Pasha's wife ; The Alley of the Pretty One ; The bride who set herself on fire ; The bonesetter of Mouski ; The porcelain dolls of Malaka Mazli Street -- Rebuilding the hearth. The legend of Agent Extraordinary ; Passion play on Sixty-seventy Street; The healing powers of iodine ; The errant sister ; The passion of the fast ; The Messiah is a woman ; The tragedy of the navy blue blazer ; The advance of the little porcelain dolls -- Cities of refuge. The shrine on the mountain ; The fall of afterword ; The spring of nevermore ; The Princess of West 116th Street -- The lady in the pink bow. The lost art of penmanship ; The woman against the wall ; An earthquake in Cairo -- The book of lamentations. The verse of consolation -- Inside the Pasha's library.
An autobiography of Lagnado's early years as an immigrant from Cairo to Brooklyn, reflecting on her own mother's story as she makes her own choices.
9780061803673 0061803677
2011275403
Lagnado, Lucette.
Primera Jornada de Catalogacion.
Jews--Egypt--Cairo--Biography.
Jews, Egyptian--New York (State)--Biography.
Egyptian Americans--New York (State)--Biography.
Judios--Egipto Cairo--biografía.
Judios, egipcio--Nueva York (Estado)--Biografía.
Judios, egipcio--Nueva York (Estado)--Biografía.
Americanos egipcios--Nueva York (Estado)--Biografía.
002 E 184.37 / L176a 2011
296.092