{"product_id":"sweetness-in-the-belly-paperback","title":"Sweetness in the Belly - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSoon to be a major motion picture starring Dakota Fanning\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike \u003ci\u003eBrick Lane\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Kite Runner\u003c\/i\u003e, Camilla Gibb's widely praised new novel is a poignant and intensely atmospheric look beyond the stereotypes of Islam. After her hippie British parents are murdered, Lilly is raised at a Sufi shrine in Morocco. As a young woman she goes on pilgrimage to Harar, Ethiopia, where she teaches Qur'an to children and falls in love with an idealistic doctor. But even swathed in a traditional headscarf, Lilly can't escape being marked as a foreigner. Forced to flee Ethiopia for England, she must once again confront the riddle of who she is and where she belongs.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom award-winning and bestselling author Camilla Gibb comes a richly imagined narrative of one woman's search for love and belonging cast against a nuanced portrait of political upheaval. \u003cbr\u003eIn the racially charged world of Thatcher's London, Lilly, a young, white, Muslim nurse, struggles in a state of invisible exile. As Ethiopian refugees gradually begin to fill the flats of the housing estate where she lives, she begins to share her longing for a home in that distant land and her heartbreaking search for her missing lover, Aziz. \u003cbr\u003eGibb takes us on a journey back to Haile Selassie's Ethiopia, and tells the remarkable story of Lilly's discovery of an unexpected place for herself within the walls of the ancient city of Harar, a revered centre of Islam, unique in its language, customs and beliefs. As her roots in the place deepen so too does her clandestine relationship with the young Dr. Aziz. But Ethiopia is veering toward revolution, and hope for a future with Aziz is dramatically threatened when the country is thrown into political turmoil. \u003cbr\u003eA psychologically complex and utterly convincing story, alive with political insight and sensuous detail, Sweetness in the Belly is a mesmerizing work from one of Canada's most distinctive and exciting voices. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369174073567,"sku":"9780143038726","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/yLl6Ybw9YW9780143038726.webp?v=1789139285","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/sweetness-in-the-belly-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}