La collezionista di storie
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788856612639 (8856612631)
Publish date: 2010
Publisher: Piemme
Pages no: 280
Edition language: Italian
Category:
Young Adult,
Novels,
Cultural,
Realistic Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Religion,
Contemporary,
Womens,
Glbt,
Queer,
Egypt,
Islam
Hmmm. I wanted to like this book, and it's about subjects I am drawn to (such as girls' lives, the Middle East, having crazy parents, living through political upheaval, emigrating to Texas, and being boy-crazy). However, I found it difficult to engage with this book, mostly because there is very lit...
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I was pleasantly suprised by this book. It was a quick read, witty and a divergence from other popular books based on living in the Middle East.