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Hideous Kinky
- Author
- Esther Freud
- Narrator
- Esther Freud
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 1 September 2025
- Run Time
- 3 hours 3 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Quirky, charming and suffused the footloose spirit of the sixties, this is the irresistible story of an English woman who decides on a whim to move herself and her two young daughters to Morocco. The ensuing adventure takes them through richly perfumed markets, dilapidated hotels and mystical Sufi retreats, via friendships and feuds, romances with nomadic street performers, hitch-hiking and nights camping by the coast – all seen through the eyes of a precocious five-year-old girl. Rediscover this transporting modern classic about the spirit of freedom, filled with the sights, smells and textures of twentieth century Morocco.
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Details
- Author
- Esther Freud
- Narrator
- Esther Freud
- Duration
- 3 hours 3 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 September 2025
- ISBN
- 9781526698117
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Narrative theme: coming of age, Family life fiction / Stories about family
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents Hideous Kinky, written and read by Esther FreudQuirky, charming and suffused the footloose spirit of the sixties, this is the irresistible story of an English woman who decides on a whim to move herself and her two young daughters to Morocco. The ensuing adventure takes them through richly perfumed markets, dilapidated hotels and mystical Sufi retreats, via friendships and feuds, romances with nomadic street performers, hitch-hiking and nights camping by the coast – all seen through the eyes of a precocious five-year-old girl. Rediscover this transporting modern classic about the spirit of freedom, filled with the sights, smells and textures of twentieth century Morocco.
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