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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 they were soon wed. 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.
About the Author
Nazneen Sheikh has written several fiction and non-fiction titles for adult and young adult audiences, including Chopin People and Ice Bangles. Her culinary memoir, Tea and Pomegranates: A Memoir of Food, Family and Kashmir, won second place in the English and French specialinterest food and beverage book category from Cuisine Canada and the University of Guelph. Nazneen was born in Kashmir and went to school in Pakistan and Texas. She lives in Toronto.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
not for the reality-adverse,
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This review is from: Moon Over Marrakech: A Memoir of Loving Too Deeply in a Foreign Land (Paperback)
I read the first chapter of this book with increasing disappointment as Nazneen Sheikh was revealing herself as living in a rarefied atmosphere of luxury- - - a hot-house flower. How much reality could possibly make it into this book ?
But once the two stories get under way ( part of the book takes place in Toronto, Canada ), I realized that only because she is who she is could the events have happened. Fortunately, the name-dropping, the innocence/ignorance, the hyperventilating romanticism- none of this can get in the way of what she has to tell. Don't think because of her name that she has an understanding of Moslem customs- she was educated in the West and seems to use the Qu'ran only as a substitute for the I Ching. Perhaps those who have no experience of a mercurial Marrakshi like her lover Khadim will find this part of her tale unbelievable, but I was glad to see such a person at last captured so well in a book. The story of her life in Toronto is equally gripping, and Nazneen Sheikh is to be commended for deftly allowing the events to flow uninterrupted. Some people say that one becomes a writer to compensate for an inability to understand events as they occur. Nazneen Sheikh went through hell, not realizing what was happening, but has given us a delicious account of what she suffered.
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5.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sensual, spiritual and satisfying: Moon over Marrakesh,
By P.D. - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Moon Over Marrakech: A Memoir of Loving Too Deeply in a Foreign Land (Paperback)
What a beautiful book. This story is not meant for the wimpy. Buy this if you're looking for a hero. Get this if you're looking for beauty and strength, no matter what life throws you. Because it does happen and that is Nazneen's journey.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
caution: reality on board,
By jibli - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Moon Over Marrakech: A Memoir of Loving Too Deeply in a Foreign Land (Paperback)
I read the first chapter of this book with increasing disappointment as Nazneen Sheikh was revealing herself as living in a rarefied atmosphere of luxury- - - a hot-house flower. How much reality could possibly make it into this book ?
But once the two stories get under way ( part of the book takes place in Toronto, Canada ), I realized that only because she is who she is could the events have happened. Fortunately, the name-dropping, the innocence/ignorance, the hyperventilating romanticism- none of this can get in the way of what she has to tell. Perhaps those who have no experience of a mercurial Marrakshi like her lover Khadim will find this part of her tale unbelievable, but I was glad to see such a person at last captured so well in a book. The story of her life in Toronto is equally gripping, and Nazneen Sheikh is to be commended for deftly allowing the events to flow uninterrupted. Some people say that one becomes a writer to compensate for an inability to understand events as they occur. Nazneen Sheikh went through hell, not realizing what was happening, but has given us a delicious account of what she suffered. |
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