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August 2005
Featuring: Nadia Ismail; Karima Ismail
368 pages
ISBN: 0765312360
Hardcover
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Contemporary
"You will have great sorrow in your life, and loss," the
old woman foretold. "But you will also have great triumph
and joy. And only Allah knows in what measure." Alexandria, Egypt. Born a humble servant girl on a cotton
plantation owned by a wealthy British family, Karima Ismail
never imagined how far her dreams would take her---nor the
heartache and passion in store. Although her doomed love
for her employer's handsome son ends in tragedy, their
brief romance leaves her with a beautiful daughter who is
the joy of her life. In time, Karima's heavenly voice brings her stardom as she
becomes one of the most admired and successful singers of
her generation, the world-famous "Nightingale" of Egypt.
But all her success counts for nothing when, in one
terrible night of flame and revolution, little Nadia
suddenly disappears, leaving Karima bereft. Given a new name and identity, Karima's lost daughter grows
up thousands of miles away. It is only when an unexpected
chain of events leads "Gaby" back to Egypt that she can
begin to unravel the mystery of her past---and discover the
happiness she longs for. Set against five decades of turbulent Middle Eastern
history, from World War II to the first Gulf War, Nadia's
Song is a moving saga of mothers and daughters and the
unbreakable bond between them.
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