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FROM: Rolf Laun <[removed]@sanantonio.gov>
REC'D: 1/18/02, 4:43 PM

Once again, a request directed to the collective knowledge of Fiction_Lers.
We had a patron come in yesterday looking for a book she had read in the
past, and so far we've come up blank on what title it might be. Here is
what she remembers:

The story follows the life of a woman and her family (especially her
daughters) in Cairo, Egypt. The time span seems to be from the 1940's to
the 1990's. The story deals with the changes in Egyptian society during
this period and how they impact the woman and her family's lives. At the
end of the story the woman ends up moving to Calfornia.

Does this ring a bell with anyone? The patron believes the book is ficiton.

->Rolf Laun<-
San Antonio Public Library

FROM: julie connoley <[removed]@dpls.lib.or.us>
REC'D: 1/18/02, 7:10 PM

It's been a long time since I read them - but the Palace Walk Trilogy by
Naugib Mahfouz deals with Egyptian Family Life and as I recall seems to
focus on the women:

_Palace Walk_, _Palace of Desire_ _Sugar Street_

-----Original Message-----
From: Rolf Laun [[removed]@sanantonio.gov]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 2:32 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Book about Woman & Family in Cairo


Once again, a request directed to the collective knowledge of Fiction_Lers.
We had a patron come in yesterday looking for a book she had read in the
past, and so far we've come up blank on what title it might be. Here is
what she remembers:

The story follows the life of a woman and her family (especially her
daughters) in Cairo, Egypt. The time span seems to be from the 1940's to
the 1990's. The story deals with the changes in Egyptian society during
this period and how they impact the woman and her family's lives. At the
end of the story the woman ends up moving to Calfornia.

Does this ring a bell with anyone? The patron believes the book is ficiton.

->Rolf Laun<-
San Antonio Public Library

FROM: Nancy Mulder <[removed]@kdl.org>
REC'D: 1/19/02, 10:15 AM

I believe this may be Barbara Wood's Virgins of Paradise. IT's a great read.
I have it on my "Good Books You May Have Missed" shelf.


-----Original Message-----
From: Rolf Laun [[removed]@sanantonio.gov]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 5:32 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Book about Woman & Family in Cairo


Once again, a request directed to the collective knowledge of Fiction_Lers.
We had a patron come in yesterday looking for a book she had read in the
past, and so far we've come up blank on what title it might be. Here is
what she remembers:

The story follows the life of a woman and her family (especially her
daughters) in Cairo, Egypt. The time span seems to be from the 1940's to
the 1990's. The story deals with the changes in Egyptian society during
this period and how they impact the woman and her family's lives. At the
end of the story the woman ends up moving to Calfornia.

Does this ring a bell with anyone? The patron believes the book is ficiton.

->Rolf Laun<-
San Antonio Public Library

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 1/19/02, 6:02 PM

It's Barbara Wood's Virgins of Paradise, a great read.

Betsy White
Saratoga Community Library
Saratoga, CA 95070

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