Farida's Volcano

About this book

When the law humiliates the victim to protect the powerful, the poor girl Farida appears to break. Beneath that apparent surrender, however, anger gathers into a patient plan extending from the village where she was harmed to Cairo's protected circles of influence. Aya Ghabbour follows each step of Farida's revenge through courts, authority, and the shadows of memory. The novel asks whether hatred can wear beauty as a mask, whether a burned heart can love again, and whether unleashed vengeance can spare the person who commands it.