num_pages: 368
description: Like Brick Lane and The Kite Runner, Camilla Gibb's widely praised new novel is a poignant and intensely atmospheric look beyond the stereotypes of Islam. After her hippie British parents are murdered, Lilly is raised at a Sufi shrine in Morocco. As a young woman she goes on pilgrimage to Harar, Ethiopia, where she teaches Qur'an to children and falls in love with an idealistic doctor. But even swathed in a traditional headscarf, Lilly can't escape being marked as a foreigner. Forced to flee Ethiopia for England, she must once again confront the riddle of who she is and where she belongs.
language: English
title: Sweetness in the Belly
titlecomplete: Sweetness in the Belly
characters: Aziz, Amina, Lilly
genres: Ethiopia, British Literature, Islam, Religion, Novels, Africa, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Book Club, Canada
ratings_count: 9196
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Scotiabank Giller Prize, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général
category: Traduction, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Trillium Book Award
publisher: Penguin Group