Muddy People: A Memoir

Muddy People: A Memoir
Sara El Sayed
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Paperback
h216 x 140mm - 256pg
9 Jun 2022 CAN
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9781771649971
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How do you find yourself without losing your family? A memoir about growing up, breaking the rules and negotiating culture, from a new Australian voice. A hilarious, heartwarming memoir of growing up and becoming oneself in an Egyptian Muslim familyAt the turn of the millennium, Soos is growing up in an eccentric household with a lot of rules. No bikinis, despite the South-East Queensland heat. No boys, unless he' s Muslim. And no life insurance, not even when her father gets cancer. Soos is trying to discover how to balance her parents' strict decrees with having friendships, crushes and the freedom to develop her own values. With each rule Soos comes up against, she is forced to choose between doing what her parents say is right and following her instincts. When her family collapses, she comes to see her parents as flawed, their morals based on a muddy logic. But she will also learn that they are her strongest defenders. For readers of Benjamin Law' s The Family Law and Alice Pung' s Unpolished Gem, this quick, clever, warm-hearted book introduces a talented new Australian voice.
Sara El Sayed was born in Alexandria, Egypt. She teaches at Queensland University of Technology, where she is completing a Master of Fine Arts. Her work features in the anthologies Growing Up African in Australia and Arab, Australian, Other, among other places. She is a recipient of a Queensland Writers Fellowship and was shortlisted for the 2020 Queensland Premier' s Young Writers and Publishers Award.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781771649971
Published: 9 Jun 2022
Published In: Canada
Imprint: Greystone Books Canada
Publisher: Greystone Books (Canada)
Format: Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Pages: 256

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