Sweetness in the Belly

Camilla Gibb's evocative novel tells the story of Lilly Abdal, who is orphaned at age eight after the murder of her hippie British parents. The book follows her remarkable journey, from growing up at an Islamic shrine in Morocco, to living in Harar, Ethiopia where despite being a foreigner, starts a Muslim school and finally to London, where she lives in exile from Africa, working as a nurse.