A Sky So Close: Betool Khedairi > Author Khedairi, Betool Publisher Anchor Books ISBN 0385720785 Binding PB List Price £9.99 Discount Price £8.99 (£1.00 off!) Categories Fiction, Middle East buy this book "A lush first novel . . . both impressionistic and accomplished." --The New York Times In this elegant, incisive debut, a young girl comes of age while aching for a sense of belonging. Daughter of an Iraqi father and an English mother, the unnamed narrator struggles with isolation both in the traditional Iraqi countryside where she's raised and at the Western school of music and ballet that her mother insists she attend. Though she finds some semblance of solace in dance, her trials increase when her family moves to Baghdad. Then comes the outbreak of war, which compels her to move with her mother to England, where her most pointed heartaches await. Gently poetic but emotionally unflinching, 'A Sky So Close' is a daringly fresh look into the clash between East and West and into the soul of a woman formed by two cultures yet fully accepted by neither. "A lush first novel . . . both impressionistic and accomplished." --The New York Times "A memorable book about growing up between two cultures." -Alan Cheuse, All Things Considered "[V]ividly rendered . . . . [Q]uiet yet powerful." -Booklist "[An] assured first novel . . . a valuable book . . . .What's most remarkable here is the buoyancy that Khedairi sustains even as her child heroine grows up." --LA Times Betool Khedairi was born in Baghdad in 1965 to an Iraqi father and a Scottish mother. She received a B.A. in French literature from the University of Mustansirya and then traveled between Iraq, Jordan, and the United Kingdom, working in the food industry while writing 'A Sky So Close', which was published in Arabic in Lebanon in 1999. She currently lives in Amman, where she is working on her second novel. a.. Review this book and we will publish it on our review page. a.. All books in print are available from Word Power. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Reading only, http://dear.to/ppi 4. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/