"They had taken Baba’s land from him, pushed him down with all their weight. He had to pay rent to live and farm on the land his forefathers had owned. What could that do to a proud man?"

The Bride and Her Thief

"I live across the river from where you were born"

Roots

Resignation

"Her prayers weren’t quite so heartfelt when she didn’t want for anything. But this time, if she got what she wanted, she would spend every second in gratitude. Never would she bemoan a sleepless night or a cranky baby."

The Spare Room

"It wasn’t only that Isabelle wasted whole days in her studio when she could be attending social visits with her mother, it was what she painted: the city of Algiers, Alger La Blanche."

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