[bksvol-discuss] Another submission
- From: "solsticesinger" <solsticesinger@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 18:59:33 -0500
Minaret by Leila Aboulela has been uploaded to step one. This book has some
junk characters at the bottom of some pages, so, whoever validates it should be
aware of this. Here is the synopsis.
With her Muslim hijab and down-turned gaze, Najwa is invisible to most eyes,
especially to the rich Arab families whose houses she cleans in London. Twenty
years earlier, Najwa, then an aristocratic Westernized Sudanese, could have
never imagined this new life. She was a student at the University of Khartoum
but her focus in life was on fashionable clothes, pop music, and parties. When
a political coup forces Najwa's family into exile in London, she soon finds
herself orphaned and completely alone. For the first time in her life, Najwa
turns to the solace and companionship among the women at the mosque, and when
she adopts the hijab, she begins to see the world anew. Then Najwa meets Tamer,
the intense, lonely younger brother of her employer, and they find a common
bond in her newfound faith and slowly, silently, begin to fall in love. Written
with directness, simplicity, and force, Minaret is a stunning and insightful
novel about one woman's journey toward spiritual peace.
Shannon
I am only one; but still I am one. I can not do everything, but I can do
something. And, because I can not do everything, I will not refuse to do the
something I can do.
Everet Edward Hale
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