Episode 170: New Orleans Novel Explores Family and Cultural Barriers
My guest is Louis Edwards, author of the novel, RAMADAN RAMSEY. RAMADAN RAMSEY begins in 1999 with the moving (and funny) teenage love story of Alicia Ramsey, a native New Orleans African American young woman, and Mustafa Totah, a Syrian immigrant who works in her neighborhood at his uncle’s convenience store. Through a series of familial betrayals, Mustafa returns to Syria unaware that Alicia is carrying his child. When the baby is born, Alicia names their son Ramadan and raises him with the help of her mother. Years later, when Ramadan turns twelve, he sets off to find Mustafa.
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