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Desiring Cairo (Paperback)

by Louisa Young (Author)
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  • Paperback: 308 pages
  • Publisher: Flamingo (5 Jul 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0006551890
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006551898
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 792,327 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The sparky, funny sequel to Louisa Young's acclaimed first novel of belly-dancing, motorbikes and single-parenthood, Baby Love. * Baby Love -- a great critical success for Flamingo -- introduced us to Angeline, the ex-bellydancer, ex-biker, now single mother of a little girl who isn't really her child. Her hair-raising encounters with the insane but glamorous Eddie, Harry, the lover turned cop and her eccentric entourage of female friends and their offspring made for a wonderfully entertaining and page-turning read. * At the end of that novel various crucial questions remained unanswered: who was Lily's real father? What would happen between Angeline and Harry? Was Eddie gone for good? In this sequel, which is carefully crafted so that it will stand alone too, Louisa takes up the story several years on and weaves us into a tale that is richer, sexier, more moving and just as exciting as the first.

* Shifting between Shepherd's Bush and Cairo, full of the contrasts between the West and the Middle East, it does, in the end, answer all the unanswered questions while, like Baby Love, making us think and feel deeply about the love between mother and child, man and woman, friend and friend. All in all a great read.


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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, great sequel, 24 Jan 2000
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I read and enjoyed Baby Love, and wasn't sure how it could be continued, but in fact there was much more depth in Desiring Cairo, following up the same themes but really doing them justice, while being funny and exciting too, just as Baby Love was. Angeline falls in love, and a lot of the book is set in Egypt, not just as a backdrop but as a real country. It said in the Sunday Times that this book was 'exhilarating and genuinely serious' - I couldn't see how a sequel to Baby Love could be serious at all but it is. I recommend it a lot. There's going to be a part three as well, so there's that to look forward to.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic fun with one of the sexiest heroes in fiction, 21 Aug 2000
By A Customer
I read a review of desiring cairo in which they said Louisa Young's talent lay in creating sexy believable but fundamentally decent men. Having read the whole of her trilogy I agree. Evangeline is a great stroppy heroine with none of the mushy self-dobut which ruins so many 'chick books' as for her heroes. Sa'id is great as the unobtainable dream but it is Harry who sticks in the mind - louche, laidback and believable - I have to say I grew up in Shepherd's Bush and Acton and god I would have died for a man like him. Anyway read this for a good laugh, a great read and some occasionally serious fun.
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5.0 out of 5 stars i love this book!, 9 April 2008
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I read this middle part of the trilogy first and loved it. Is it just me or is it as you get older, books regularly disappoint?. So many books I read just dont do the business! This is different it holds together and totally takes you along with it. The other two books are good but this one has something special. Its not a 'chick' book its an up to date equivalent to Jane Austen. Just read it. trust me ok?
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