The pickup Gordimer, Nadine. creator text Romance fiction. nyu 2013 monographic eng
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270 pages ; 21 cm When Julie Summers's car breaks down on a sleazy street in a South African city, a young Arab mechanic named Abdu comes to her aid. Their attraction to one another is fueled by different motives. Julie is in rebellion against her wealthy background and her father; Abdu, an illegal immigrant, is desperate to avoid deportation to his impoverished country. In the course of their relationship, there are unpredictable consequences, and overwhelming emotions will overturn each one's notion of the other. Noncitizens Fiction Arabs Foreign countries Fiction Women Arab countries Fiction Children of the rich Fiction Ethnic relations Fiction Arab countries Fiction South Africa Fiction 9780142001424 0142001422 DLC 130109 20241108112737.0 eng