Lucette Lagnado
â€œ[Lagnado writes] in crystalline yet melodious prose.â€,â€”,New York Times,Lucette Lagnadoâ€™s acclaimed, award-winning ,The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit, (â€œ[a] crushing, brilliant bookâ€ â€”,New York Times Book Review,) told the powerfully moving story of her Jewish familyâ€™s exile from Egypt. In her extraordinary follow-up memoir, ,The Arrogant Years,, Lagnado revisits her first years in America, and describes a difficult coming-of-age tragically interrupted by a bout with cancer at age 16. At once a poignant mother and daughter story and a magnificent snapshot of the turbulent â€™60s and â€™70s, ,The Arrogant Years, is a stunning work of memory and resilience that ranges from Cairo to Brooklyn and beyondâ€”the unforgettable true story of a remarkable young womanâ€™s determination to push past the boundaries of her life and make her way in the wider world.
Nonfiction,Autobiography,Memoir,Biography,Northern Africa,Egypt,Biography Memoir,Literature,Jewish,The United States Of America,Cultural,Israel,Womens,Religion,Judaism
The Arrogant Years: One Girl's Search for Her Lost Youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn