Moon Over Marrakech
Written by Nazneen Sheikh
ISBN 9781897151716 | 5.5" x 8.5" | TPB | $22
Categories:Non-Fiction - Biography/Memoirs
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Synopsis
When Nazneen Sheikh and her psychiatrist husband Cesar honeymooned in Marrakech, she developed a spiritual connection to the city. Impressions of the colours, the people, and the roses lingered with her long after they returned home to Toronto. Their marriage seemed perfect until Cesar disappeared. She learned he was a manic-depressive who had suffered a breakdown. Everything fell apart: his practice, their marriage, and her life. After restoring her independence, Nazneen returned to Marrakech to write. Much remained familiar, especially Khadim, the tourist guide from her honeymoon. His spirituality seduced her, and she agreed to marry him in Morocco. Little did she know that he, like Cesar, had a hidden side of his own. Spanning sixteen years and two continents, Moon Over Marrakech traces one woman’s relationships with secretive, exotic, and perilous men.Preview
Reviews
"[A] captivating memoir"
— The Globe and Mail
"I wish I had read Nazneen Sheikh's book, Moon Over Marrakech, before I went to Morocco. Sheikh's memoir lends an air of mystery, romance, and obsessive love to the dusty, crowded, meltingly hot streets of this old city, but even a cursory read would have persuaded me to be exceptionally wary of guides who have easy access to splendid hotel lobbies."
— Anna Porter in The Globe and Mail
"Complex, passion-infused ... Sheikh writes so poetically of her complicated, at times mysterious, relationships with two men."
— Canadian Living
