Edith can hardly believe it when she learns that Fadila, her 60-year-old housemaid, is completely illiterate. So she decides to become Fadila's French teacher. But teaching something as complex as reading and writing to an adult is rather more challenging than she thought. Yet during these lessons, the oh-so-Parisian Edith and Fadila, an immigrant from Morocco, begin to understand one another as never before and from this understanding blossoms a surprising friendship. Edith will enter contact with a way of life that is unforgiving at times, but joyful and dignified.
- ISBN10 1609450892
- ISBN13 9781609450892
- Publish Date 18 April 2013 (first published 1 January 2013)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Europa Editions
- Format Paperback
- Pages 176
- Language English