Newspaper Shreds: A Lifetime Story of Abuse in Places 7,000 Miles Apart

by Erian A. Baskharone

Book Overview

Seven thousand miles is the distance between Cairo, Egypt and the U.S. east coast, and I have been exposed to the worst kind of abuse on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. "Newspaper Shreds," spread on my late mother's bed, on her "honeymoon" signaled to my late father that my mother's pregnancy with me was a result of adultery. Being convinced of a child's illegitimacy by a non-Arab husband wouldn't be such a "great deal," but to an Egyptian (particularly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441552375
• ISBN13: 9781441552372
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Xlibris Us
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"