?[Lagnado writes] in crystalline yet melodious prose.?
?New York Times
Lucette Lagnado?s acclaimed, award-winning The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit (?[a] crushing, brilliant book,? New York Times Book Review) told the powerfully moving story
of her Jewish family?s exile from Egypt. In her extraordinary follow-up memoir, The Arrogant Years, Lagnado revisits her first years in America, and describes a difficult
coming-of-age tragically interrupted by a bout with cancer at age 16. At once a poignant mother and daughter story and a magnificent snapshot of the turbulent ?60s and ?70s, The Arrogant
Years is a stunning work of memory and resilience that ranges from Cairo to Brooklyn and beyond?the unforgettable true story of a remarkable young woman?s determination to push past the
boundaries of her life and make her way in the wider world.
