Book details

  • Genre:biography & autobiography
  • Sub-genre:Personal Memoirs
  • Language:English
  • Pages:96
  • Paperback ISBN:9781098375133

Nana's Story from Egypt to America

By Joyce de Botton

Overview

This compelling memoir captures the struggle and loneliness of a newly married Egyptian Jewish girl, settling in America without any money or family, after being exiled from her birth land in Egypt. It is a grandmother's story detailing the wars and the events she lived through in Alexandria , the Arab world.and her challenging journey to becoming a fulfilled American woman. Written with humor and a lot of heart, this is an immigrant story one cannot miss.
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Description

A STORY OF A YOUNG EX-EGYPTIAN JEWISH GIRL BORN, RAISED AND MARRIED IN THE ARAB WORLD. BECAUSE OF THE SUEZ CANAL WAR ,SHE BECOMES SUDDENLY A FUGITIVE SURVIVING IN AMERICA WITHOUT ANY MONEY , IDENTITY, FAMILY OR THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN WITH HUMOR AND WITH AN EASY READING STYLE. ROMANTIC, SAD BUT FUNNY AND EDUCATIVE.
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About The Author

Joyce received her Baccalaureate as a philosophy major in 1956 from the Lycee Francais in Alexandria, Egypt. With the onset of the Suez Canal War later that same year, she married and was forced to leave her family and her birth land, immigrating to America. While raising her three children, she was often asked to speak publicly about her life as an Egyptian Jew. During the Coronavirus pandemic, she decided to tell her story about her childhood in Egypt, her family exile, and her struggle to start a new life in America.
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