The book is a lively and humorous portrait of a family of Lebanese origins living in the heyday of cosmopolitan Alexandria during the 1930s and 1940s.
In these pages, the reader discovers the heroine’s extensive family of cousins, aunts and uncles, and sees a vivid picture of a Mediterranean lifestyle typical of interwar Alexandria. Throughout the book, the author wittily evokes the diversity of cultures in a thousand small details that make this book a delightful read from beginning to end.