Bird summons
Aboulela, Leila, 1964-2020
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Salma, happily married, tries every day to fit into life in Britain. When her first love contacts her, she is tempted to risk it all and return to Egypt. Moni gave up a career in banking to care for her disabled son, but now her husband wants to move to Saudi Arabia - where she fears her son's condition will worsen. Iman feels burdened by her beauty. In her twenties and already in her third marriage, she is treated like a pet and longs for freedom. On a road trip to the Scottish Highlands, the women are visited by the Hoopoe, a sacred bird whose fables from Muslim and Celtic literature compel them to question the balance between faith and femininity, love, loyalty and sacrifice.
Main title:
Bird summons / Leila Aboulela.
Author:
Aboulela, Leila, 1964-, author
Imprint:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2020.
Collation:
290 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2019.
ISBN:
9781474600934 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92GFAF
LC class:
PR6051.B68
Local class:
FT PbkFICAFAFPBK823.92
Language:
English
BRN:
2604623
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