MARC Record from Library of Congress

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100 1 $aLagnado, Lucette.
245 14 $aThe arrogant years :$bone girl's search for her lost youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn /$cLucette Lagnado.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bEcco,$cc2011.
300 $axii, 402 p. :$bill., ports. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 401-402).
505 0 $aThe curse of Alexandra. The secret of the Pasha's wife ; The Alley of the Pretty One ; The bride who set herself on fire ; The bonesetter of Mouski ; The porcelain dolls of Malaka Mazli Street -- Rebuilding the hearth. The legend of Agent Extraordinary ; Passion play on Sixty-seventy Street; The healing powers of iodine ; The errant sister ; The passion of the fast ; The Messiah is a woman ; The tragedy of the navy blue blazer ; The advance of the little porcelain dolls -- Cities of refuge. The shrine on the mountain ; The fall of afterword ; The spring of nevermore ; The Princess of West 116th Street -- The lady in the pink bow. The lost art of penmanship ; The woman against the wall ; An earthquake in Cairo -- The book of lamentations. The verse of consolation -- Inside the Pasha's library.
520 $aAn autobiography of Lagnado's early years as an immigrant from Cairo to Brooklyn, reflecting on her own mother's story as she makes her own choices.
600 10 $aLagnado, Lucette.
650 0 $aJews$zEgypt$zCairo$vBiography.
650 0 $aJews, Egyptian$zNew York (State)$vBiography.
650 0 $aEgyptian Americans$zNew York (State)$vBiography.