![]() ![]() ![]() But Ethiopia is veering toward revolution, and hope for a future with Aziz is dramatically threatened when the country is thrown into political turmoil. As her roots in the place deepen so too does her clandestine relationship with the young Dr. With sure-handed, urgent prose, Gibb (The Petty Details of So-and-Sos Life) chronicles the. Gibb 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. Penguin Press, 23.95 (338pp) ISBN 978-1-59420-084-7. 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. In the racially charged world of Thatcher's London, Lilly, a young, white, Muslim nurse, struggles in a state of invisible exile. ![]() Summary: From 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. Lilly, the main character of Camilla Gibb’s stunning new novel, has anything but a stable childhood. ![]()
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