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The arrogant years : one girl's search for her lost youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn / Lucette Lagnado.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Ecco, c2011.Description: xii, 402 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780061803673
  • 0061803677
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 296.092
LOC classification:
  • 002 E 184.37 L176a 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 002 E 184.37 L176a 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000110934

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.

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