the book also features wonderfully vibrant descriptions of the land and people
of shattering compassion and of reckless optimism in the face of insurmountable barriers—in short
The Beginning of Everything is a refreshing contemporary twist on the classic coming-of-age novel—a heart-wrenching story about how difficult it is to play the part that people expect
a boyish enthusiasm as well as a genius for the telling pen-portrait… It is a remarkable story
Algiers (First Edition) Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2018) the book also features wonderfullyAuthor: M. Elizabeth Crouse Publisher: James Pott & Company, 1906 Condition: Hardcover, no dust jacket, minor wear and tear to cover, interior clean From the preface: "The book is an attempt to express a first impression of the Orient, obtained during five months in Algiers. Since the notes were taken, the writer has been in Tunis, and has spent a winter in Egypt. In neither, it seems to her, does the Oriental life compare with that in Algeria, both