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At a time when the news scene about islam looks more and more like a bashing contest, with pat robertson and f. Eightyearold lilly is the child of selfconfessed english hippy parents whose only desire is to travel stoned through europe and north africa. Like brick lane and the kite runner, camilla gibbs widely praised new novel is a poignant and intensely atmospheric look beyond the stereotypes of islam. As ethiopian refugees gradually fill the flats of the housing estate where she lives, lilly tentatively begins to share with them her longing for the home she herself once had in africa and her heartbreaking search for her missing lover. Her two previous novels, mouthing the words, winner of the city of toronto book award in 2000, and the petty details of soandsos life, have been published in eighteen countries and. Sweetness of the belly by camilla gibb 1938 words bartleby. She was one of the 21 young women writers included in the orange futures list of wri.