Hope Has Two Daughters

A bracing and vividly-told story set against the backdrops of the Tunisian Bread Riots in 1984 and the Jasmine Revolution in 2010, Hope Has Two Daughters offers a glimpse inside revolution from the perspectives of two women, Nadia and Lila, a mother and daughter who take active roles during pivotal moments in history.

About the author

Monia Mazigh holds a Ph.D. in finance from McGill University. In 2009, she published her memoir, Hope and Despair, about her fight to free her husband, Maher Arar, from a Syrian jail. Her debut novel, Miroirs et mirages, published originally in French, was a finalist for the Trillium Book Award.

Summary

A bracing and vividly-told story set against the backdrops of the Tunisian Bread Riots in 1984 and the Jasmine Revolution in 2010, Hope Has Two Daughters offers a glimpse inside revolution from the perspectives of two women, Nadia and Lila, a mother and daughter who take active roles during pivotal moments in history.

Additional text

Both readable and relevant, especially since the reverberations of the Jasmine Revolution are still being felt today.

Product details

• Authors: Monia Mazigh
• Assisted by: Fred Reed (Translation), Fred A. Reed (Translation), Reed Fred (Translation)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781487001803
• ISBN: 978-1-4870-0180-3
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 215 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 299 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Women, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Subject matter intended specifically for women and/or girls, historical fiction; book club; books for mom, mothers day