A Map of Love

by Ahdaf Soueif

Rating: 4     32 Votes

Tags: Female author

The Map of Love

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In 1900 Lady Anna Winterbourne travels to Egypt where she falls in love with Sharif, and Egyptian Nationalist utterly committed to his country's cause. A hundred years later, Isabel Parkman, an American divorcee and a descendant of Anna and Sharif, goes to Egypt, taking with her an old family trunk, inside which are found notebooks and journals which reveal Anna and Sharif's secret.

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Read Around The World Challenge user profile avatar for Lindsay
(5 years ago)
17 May, 2018
In 1900 an English woman falls in love with an Egyptian. A hundred years later an American descendant of the couple goes to Egypt having found notebooks detailing their lives and secrets.

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Challenge: Read Around Africa Challenge
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Language: EN
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