We saw The Bookstore last night at the Guild Theater (part of the Portland International Film Festival.) At times the movie lacked focus, but it more than made up for it with its engaging characters and so we enjoyed it quite a bit, particularly because of Hend Sabri. She plays an aspiring singer who specializes in Asmahan covers and who is desperately trying to escape her husband’s bookstore for a better life.
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.