Bird Summons von Aboulela, Leila

BIRD SUMMONS is a magic carpet ride into the forest of history and the lives of women. Deep and wild' Lucy Ellmann, Booker-longlisted author of Ducks, NewburyportSalma, happily married, tries every day to fit into life in Britain. When...

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Najwa never imagined that one day she would be a maid. Exiled to London and soon thereafter orphaned, the upperclass Sudanese refugee falls in love with her employer's brother--a love that should not be. This novel is an illuminating...

These short stories for fans of Alice Munro and Chimimanda Ngozie Adichie take as their canvas the British immigrant experience, with the characters contending with an often unwelcoming environment. von Aboulela, Leila