Miss Webster and Chérif
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Miss Webster and Chérif is a novel by Patricia Duncker
first published in 2006
about a fearless British woman living in the countryside who radically changes her life when she is already approaching 70 and after she has been an old age pensioner for several years. A former teacher of French, her routine life is first disturbed by a bout of severe illness and subsequently, after a trip to North Africa, by her taking in a lodger, who she assumes is the son of a female Arab hotel manager she met during her stay in Morocco
. For the first time since her retirement, Miss Webster, an old spinster, feels the call of duty when she realizes it is up to her to stand up for her charge and defend him against British racism
and the consequences of the 9/11 craze.
Patricia Duncker
Patricia Duncker is a British novelist and academic.-Academic career:Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Duncker attended Bedales school in England and, after a period spent working in Germany, read English at Newnham College, Cambridge...
first published in 2006
2006 in literature
The year 2006 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Literature:*Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Half of a Yellow Sun*Chris Adrian - The Children's Hospital *Martin Amis - House of Meetings...
about a fearless British woman living in the countryside who radically changes her life when she is already approaching 70 and after she has been an old age pensioner for several years. A former teacher of French, her routine life is first disturbed by a bout of severe illness and subsequently, after a trip to North Africa, by her taking in a lodger, who she assumes is the son of a female Arab hotel manager she met during her stay in Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
. For the first time since her retirement, Miss Webster, an old spinster, feels the call of duty when she realizes it is up to her to stand up for her charge and defend him against British racism
Racism
Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature...
and the consequences of the 9/11 craze.