Comments on: Secret Son https://lailalalami.com Author of The Dream Hotel, The Other Americans, The Moor's Account, Secret Son, and Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits Sun, 20 Apr 2025 20:12:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jon Wiener: On the Radio (and in print) » Sarah Vowell: Hawaii and History – KPFK 7/18 https://lailalalami.com/secret-son/about/#comment-1914 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:11:31 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/?page_id=95#comment-1914 […] about living with anti-Muslim bias.  Laila teaches creative writing at UC Riverside; her novel is  Secret Son,  and she wrote the recent cover story for The Nation on […]

]]> By: Joy to the World « myfanwy collins https://lailalalami.com/secret-son/about/#comment-1864 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:54:54 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/?page_id=95#comment-1864 […] “A moving and delicate novel, tracing the poignant destinies of women who long for a home they never had.” —Laila Lalami, author of Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits and Secret Son […]

]]> By: The boundaries of truth « Read, Write and Die https://lailalalami.com/secret-son/about/#comment-1234 Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:11:48 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/?page_id=95#comment-1234 […] interesting book about truth-telling is Secret Son by Laila Lalami. It is a fascinating, yet a painful book. Young man, Youssef El Mekki, lives with his mum and has […]

]]> By: New Crayons « Brown Paper https://lailalalami.com/secret-son/about/#comment-1131 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:33:58 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/?page_id=95#comment-1131 […] Secret Son by Laila Lalami: Received from the author. This book, set in Morocco,  details the story of a  young man who discovers that his dead father is not just alive, but rich and powerful to boot. The premise sounds interesting–I’m always intrigued by how ordinary people react to extraordinary events. And Morocco in fiction has been a winner for me thus far, from Lalami’s earlier work  Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits to my recent MG read,  The Lionboy Trilogy by Zizou Corder. […]

]]> By: monday night at Benaroya « SARAH STUDER https://lailalalami.com/secret-son/about/#comment-1100 Wed, 12 May 2010 05:37:27 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/?page_id=95#comment-1100 […] this time around and scoured the shelves of Capitol Hill’s used bookstores until I found Secret Son. I can’t remember if I ended up finding on my first trip to Half Price Books (in which case, […]

]]> By: Reminder: Meeting Tomorrow, April 22 « Magnolia Book Club https://lailalalami.com/secret-son/about/#comment-1086 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:57:13 +0000 http://lailalalami.com/?page_id=95#comment-1086 […] Magnolia Book Club will be meeting at 6:15 on Thursday, April 22 for discussion of Secret Son by Laila Lalami. We look forward to seeing you there!   Leave a […]

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