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  • Sweetness in the Belly

  • Written by: Camilla Gibb
  • Narrated by: Kate Reading
  • Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (11 ratings)

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Sweetness in the Belly

Written by: Camilla Gibb
Narrated by: Kate Reading
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Set in Emperor Haile Selassie’s Ethiopia and the racially charged world of Thatcher’s London, Sweetness in the Belly is a richly detailed portrayal of one woman’s search for love and belonging. Lilly, born to British parents, eventually finds herself living as a devout, young, white Muslim woman in the ancient walled city of Harar in the years leading up to the deposition of the emperor. She is drawn to an idealistic young doctor, Aziz, but their love has only just begun to fulfil its promise when the convulsions of a new order wrench them apart, sending Lilly to an England she has never seen, and Aziz into the darkness of a radical revolution. Camilla Gibb brings to life characters facing extraordinary hardship and loss with the unblinking honesty and emotional generosity that have made her one of Canada’s most exciting literary talents.

©2007 Camilla Gibb (P)2019 Doubleday Canada

What the critics say

2005, Scotiabank Giller Prize, Finalist

2006, Trillium Book Award, Winner

“Gibb’s Africa is finely crafted, as is her delicate rendering of the complexities of Ethiopian society. . . . The book rings true.” (Time Magazine)

“This complex tale about exile, romance and human rights combines the authority of Gibb’s scholarship on social anthropology with the lushness of her fictional vision.” (Elle Canada)

"Ambitious...vivid and rich in detail, politically relevant and eminently readable."(The Globe and Mail)

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