by Camilla Gibb · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780143038726
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«Sweetness in the Belly» is Camilla Gibb's literary fiction novel, published by Penguin in paperback (368 pages, in English).
The novel follows Lilly, raised as a Muslim in a Sufi sanctuary in Morocco after being orphaned. Lilly makes a pilgrimage to Harar (Ethiopia), where she teaches the Quran to children and falls in love with an idealistic doctor. Marked as a foreigner, Lilly flees to England and, among the exiled Ethiopian community, seeks her place and waits for news of the man she loves.
Originally published in 2005, it won the Trillium Book Award and was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
Suitable for book clubs and for readers of literary fiction about identity, exile and cultural heritage.
Camilla Gibb is an English-born Canadian writer who currently resides in Toronto.
