Muddy people : a memoir
El Sayed, Sara2021
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A hilarious, heartwarming memoir of growing up and becoming oneself in an Egyptian Muslim family At the turn of the millennium, Soos is growing up in an eccentric household with a lot of rules. No bikinis, despite the South-East Queensland heat. No boys, unless he's Muslim. And no life insurance, not even when her father gets cancer. Soos is trying to discover how to balance her parents' strict decrees with having friendships, crushes and the freedom to develop her own values. With each rule Soos comes up against, she is forced to choose between doing what her parents say is right and following her instincts. When her family collapses, she comes to see her parents as flawed, their morals based on a muddy logic. But she will also learn that they are her strongest defenders.
Main title:
Muddy people : a memoir / Sara El Sayed.
Author:
El Sayed, Sara, author
Imprint:
Carlton, VIC : Black Inc, 2021.
Collation:
xi, 244 pages ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9781760642464
Dewey class:
305.48697 ELS305.48697
Language:
English
Related title:
Muddy people [electronic resource] : A memoir
Subject:
El Sayed, SaraMuslim women -- Australia -- BiographyWomen in IslamMuslim women -- Conduct of lifeMuslim women -- Australia -- Social conditionsMuslim families -- AustraliaWomen -- Egypt -- BiographyAuthors -- BiographyComing of age -- Australia -- BiographyFamilies -- Australia -- BiographyBiographiesAutobiographies
BRN:
40225
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