Desiring Cairo

by Louisa Young (Author)

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  Paperback
  2002

  $6.23

  The sparky, funny sequel to Louisa Young's acclaimed first novel of belly-dancing, motorbikes and single-parenthood. Angeline Gower, ex-bellydancer, ex-biker, single mother of a little girl who is not actually her child, is mired in problems again in this wonderful sequel. Her relationship with Harry, the lover turned cop, remains fraught, the lure of the glamorous but no good Eddie hasn't gone away. And there is yet another element complicating things know - the seductive and mysterious Sa'id. With Angeline older and a little wiser, Louisa Young weaves a tale that is richer, sexier and more moving than 'Baby Love', while remaining just as exciting. Shifting between Shepherd's Bush and Cairo, full of the contrasts between the West and the Middle East, 'Desiring Cairo' thrills and enthralls while at the same time making us think and feel deeply about the love between mother and child, man and woman, friend and friend. Louisa Young has skilfully written this so that it is equally enjoyable read on its own, or as part of the trilogy that starts with 'Baby Love' and ends with 'Tree of Pearls'.

• Used

  Paperback
  1999

  $3.25

  The sparky, funny sequel to Louisa Young's acclaimed first novel of belly-dancing, motorbikes and single-parenthood, Baby Love. * Baby Love -- a great critical success for Flamingo -- introduced us to Angeline, the ex-bellydancer, ex-biker, now single mother of a little girl who isn't really her child. Her hair-raising encounters with the insane but glamorous Eddie, Harry, the lover turned cop and her eccentric entourage of female friends and their offspring made for a wonderfully entertaining and page-turning read. * At the end of that novel various crucial questions remained unanswered: who was Lily's real father? What would happen between Angeline and Harry? Was Eddie gone for good? In this sequel, which is carefully crafted so that it will stand alone too, Louisa takes up the story several years on and weaves us into a tale that is richer, sexier, more moving and just as exciting as the first. * Shifting between Shepherd's Bush and Cairo, full of the contrasts between the West and the Middle East, it does, in the end, answer all the unanswered questions while, like Baby Love, making us think and feel deeply about the love between mother and child, man and woman, friend and friend. All in all a great read.