The Map of Love

by Ahdaf Soueif

Rating: 3 (1 vote)

Tags: Female author

The Map of Love

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In 1900 Lady Anna Winterbourne travels to Egypt where she falls in love with Sharif, and Egyptian Nationalist utterly committed to his country's cause. A hundred years later, Isabel Parkman, an American divorcee and a descendant of Anna and Sharif, goes to Egypt, taking with her an old family trunk, inside which are found notebooks and journals which reveal Anna and Sharif's secret.

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Read Around The World Challenge user profile avatar for Lindsay
(7 years ago)
17 May, 2018
In 1900 an English woman falls in love with an Egyptian. A hundred years later an American descendant of the couple goes to Egypt having found notebooks detailing their lives and secrets.
Read Around The World Challenge user profile avatar for Susie
(5 months ago)
04 May, 2025

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