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The Arrogant Years: One Girl's Search for Her Lost Youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn
The Arrogant Years One Girl's Search for Her Lost Youth from Cairo to Brooklyn Author:Lucette Lagnado ?[Lagnado writes] in crystalline yet melodious prose.? — ?New York Times Lucette Lagnado?s 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 family?s exile from Egypt. In her extraordinary follow-up memoir, The Arrogant Years, La... more »gnado 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 woman?s determination to push past the boundaries of her life and make her way in the wider world.« less