Aaliya is 72 years old, divorced and lives alone in an apartment in Beirut she refused to let her family bully her out of. She has no really close bonds and suspects she would be judged by society as an unneccary woman, but by God what a mind she has. History, literature, humour, human nature, philosophy, religion, war and her ex- husband’s unsatisfactory member, all laid bare in this often hilarious read. Beautiful, searingly honest and unforgettable. You will find yourself pressing this book on people and saying “If you don’t like this we can’t be friends any more.”
