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The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: My Family's Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
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Lucette Lagnado's beautiful, remarkably well documented portrait of her family and their ultimate expulsion from Egypt to the United States in the early 1960s repeats a trope of Jewish history: periods of peace for Jews somewhere in the diaspora, followed by abrupt, cruel expulsion to new lands.
This book gave me an appreciation for the richness the Egyptian Jews enjoyed, not only monetarily (surely not all Jews from Egypt had the wealth that this family once had) but the richness of a shared community and of the distinctive Jewish rituals, foods and practices they shared.
I was particularly moved by the author's portrait of her father, for whom the book is titled, and her love for him. He was a very complex man, deeply flawed and yet with an unbelievable strength and hidden reservoirs of love and dedication that emerged over the decades.
This is one book that deserves the praise and awards it has received.
This book gave me an appreciation for the richness the Egyptian Jews enjoyed, not only monetarily (surely not all Jews from Egypt had the wealth that this family once had) but the richness of a shared community and of the distinctive Jewish rituals, foods and practices they shared.
I was particularly moved by the author's portrait of her father, for whom the book is titled, and her love for him. He was a very complex man, deeply flawed and yet with an unbelievable strength and hidden reservoirs of love and dedication that emerged over the decades.
This is one book that deserves the praise and awards it has received.
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Started Reading
August 1, 2010
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Finished Reading
August 8, 2010
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