From Somalia With Love

From Somalia With Love

Paperback (14 Jul 2008)

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Publisher's Synopsis

"My name is Safia Dirie. My family has always been my mum, Hoyo, and my two older brothers, Ahmed and Abdullahi. I don't really remember Somalia - I'm an East London girl, through and through. But now Abo, my father, is coming from Somalia to live with us, after 12 long years. How am I going to cope?"

Safia knows that there will be changes ahead but nothing has prepared her for the reality of dealing with Abo's cultural expectations, her favourite brother Ahmed's wild ways, and the temptation of her cousin Firdous's party-girl lifestyle. Safia must come to terms with who she is - as a Muslim, as a teenager, as a poet, as a friend, but most of as a daughter to a father she has never known. Safia must find her own place in the world, so both father and daughter can start to build the relationship they both long for.

From Somalia With Love is one girl's quest to discover who she is - a story that, while rooted in Somali and Muslim life, strikes a chord with young people everywhere.



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Book information

ISBN: 9781845078324
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
Imprint: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.92
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 159
Weight: 138g
Height: 197mm
Width: 131mm
Spine width: 12mm