Product Description

The sparky, funny sequel to Louisa Young's acclaimed first novel of belly-dancing, motorbikes and single-parenthood, Baby Love, reissued here with a funky new design. Angeline Gower, ex-bellydancer, ex-biker, single mother of a little girl who is not actually her child, is mired in problems again in this wonderful sequel. Her relationship with Harry, the lover turned cop, remains fraught, the lure of the glamorous but no good Eddie hasn't gone away. And there is yet another element complicating things know -- the seductive and mysterious Sa'id. With Angeline older and a little wiser, Louisa Young weaves a tale that is richer, sexier and more moving than Baby Love, while remaining just as exciting. Shifting between Shepherd's Bush and Cairo, full of the contrasts between the West and the Middle East, Desiring Cairo thrills and enthralls while at the same time making us think and feel deeply about the love between mother and child, man and woman, friend and friend. Louisa Young has skilfully written this so that it is equally enjoyable read on its own, or as part of the trilogy that starts with Baby Love and ends with Tree of Pearls.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #566664 in Books
• Published on: 2002-12-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Review
'A romantic hymn to the struggle of being independent... It is the compulsive quality of this writing that gives Louisa Young's books such wide appeal.' The Times 'Funny and scary... with a memorable David Lynch-style take on Shepherd's Bush... in writing honestly and unsentimentally, Young celebrates the unequivocal nature of parental love with verve and style.' Julie Myerson, Mail on Sunday 'As well as being compelling and witty, Desiring Cairo is immensely touching, leaving haunting traces across the reader's heart and mind, Majestic.' Big Issue

About the Author
Louisa Young first came to prominence as author of A Great Task of Happiness (1995), her prize-winning life of Kathleen Scott, her grandmother, the sculptor and wife of Scott of the Antarctic. She followed that with her Egyptian Trilogy of novels: Baby Love, Desiring Cairo and Tree of Pearls. She writes regularly for the Guardian and Junior, and lives in London with her daughter.

Customer Reviews

Great book, great sequel
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.

fantastic fun with one of the sexiest heroes in fiction
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.

i love this book!
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?