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Mar 29, 2005 · Sweetness in the Belly is the moving and heart-warming story of Lilly Abdal. Told in her own words, it adds to it a special liveliness, directness and authenticity. Camilla Gibb has succeeded in creating a rich and detailed account of the life of a young woman caught between cultures and identities.
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Mar 27, 2007 · Sweetness in the Belly was universally praised for the tremendous empathy that Gibb brings to an ambitious story. Kirkus Reviews writes that the novel "reflect(s) the pain, cultural relocation and uncertainty of tribal, political and religious refugees the world over.
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An evocative and richly imagined story of a British Muslim woman's search for love and belonging in two very different worlds. When Lilly is eight years old, her pot-smoking hippie British parents leave her at a Sufi shrine in Morocco and inform her they will be back to collect her in three days.
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A richly imagined narrative of one woman's search for love and belonging cast against a nuanced portrait of political upheaval. In the racially-charged world of Thatcher’s London, Lilly, a young, white, Muslim nurse, struggles in a state of invisible exile.
Mar 20, 2006 · Scarred Yusuf, increasingly Westernized Amina, grieving Lilly—now wooed by a Hindu doctor—reflect the pain, cultural relocation and uncertainty of tribal, political and religious refugees the world over. Gibb’s territory is urgently modern and controversial but she enters it softly, with grace, integrity and a lovely, compassionate story.
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www.supersummary.com · sweetness-in-the-belly · summarySweetness in the Belly Summary | SuperSummary
Sweetness in the Belly by Camilla Gibb is an atmospheric, historical romance novel published in 2005. The book tells the story of Lily, the daughter of two Irish immigrants living in Morocco who is raised by Moroccan and Ethiopian locals when her parents are murdered in an alley near the Sufi shrine in Bilal al Habash.
Mar 27, 2007 · Sweetness in the Belly was universally praised for the tremendous empathy that Gibb brings to an ambitious story. Kirkus Reviews writes that the novel "reflect(s) the pain, cultural relocation and uncertainty of tribal, political and religious refugees the world over.
