In the spirit of The Inheritance of Loss and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Laila Lalamis debut novel looks at the struggle for identity, the need for love and family, and the desperation that grips ordinary lives in a world divided by class, politics, and religion. I’m elated and exhausted I’m happy to be finished, and sad to have to let go but, mostly, I’m just relieved. Trapped once again by his class and painfully aware of the limitations of his prospects, he becomes easy prey for a fringe Islamic group. After four and a half years of writing, several months of research, a brief stay at a writer’s colony, and countless hours of travel, I am done with my novel. Youssef leaves his mother behind to live a life of luxury, until a reversal of fortune sends him back to the streets and his childhood friends. A wealthy businessman, he seems eager to give his son a new start. Suddenly his dreams are within reach when he discovers that his father-whom hed been led to believe was dead-is very much alive. Youssef leaves his mother Raised by his mother in a one-room house in the slums of Casablanca, Youssef El Mekki has always had big dreams of living another life in another world. Raised by his mother in a one-room house in the slums of Casablanca, Youssef El Mekki has always had big dreams of living another life in another world.
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