'While Drosso's prose remains earthbound, the tales are lively and dramatic, with a well-judged comic edge.'
Mslexia

a 'wonderful collection...Drosso paints brilliant portraits of intensely imagined (or remembered) characters who love, get angry, make bad decisions, fall out, reconcile, experience loss. That they are between-and-betwixt gives their stories a freshness, a new angle and point of view that makes the sense of loss evoked by Drosso, so much more real' Laleh Khalili, The Middle East in London.

'A Cairene at heart, it explains Drosso's ability to create believable Egyptian characters. They are not romanticized. They are not tainted with preseumptions. She is able to breathe life into them as if they existed and she was sketching them for a real life portrait.' Daily Star, Beirut

'These elegant, unadorned narratives of Egyptians at home and at large, as variegated as the city from which they take their name, span classes, continents and decades with confidence and humour. We are in the company of a hugely promising and individual talent.'
Aamer Hussein, author of Insomnia

‘This short story collection examining the inner lives of Egyptians at home and abroad is remarkable for its measured, delicate approach to its subjects...appealingly understated. An interesting collection.’

Pulp.net

'Intriguing debut collection...Anne Marie Drosso has a simple, open prose style and is good at pinpointing moments of emotional resonance in her characters' lives...her stories draw memorable pictures.'

New Statesman

'A beautiful portrait of life in Egypt. I strongly recommend it.'
Alaa al Aswany, author of The Yacoubian Building

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