The Arrogant Years: One Girl's Search for Her Lost Youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn

ISBN: 0061803693

Author: Lagnado, Lucette

Condition: New

[Lagnado writes] in crystalline yet melodious prose.-New York TimesLucette Lagnados acclaimed, award-winning The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit ([a] crushing, brilliant book -New York Times Book Review) told the powerfully moving story of her Jewish familys 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 60s and 70s, The Arrogant Years is a stunning work of memory and resilience that ranges from Cairo to Brooklyn and beyond-the unforgettable true story of a remarkable young womans determination to push past the boundaries of her life and make her way in the wider world.