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Shelf life : chronicles of a Cairo bookseller by Nadia Wassef is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"As a bookseller, I loved Shelf Life for the chance to peer behind the curtain of Diwan, Nadia Wassef's Egyptian bookstore—the way that the personal is inextricable from the professional, the way that failure and success are often lovers, the relationship between neighborhoods and books and life. Nadia's story is for every business owner who has ever jumped without a net, and for every reader who has found solace in the aisles of a bookstore ." —Emma Straub, author of All Adults Here " Shelf Life is such a unique memoir about career, life, love, friendship, motherhood, and the impossibility of succeeding at all of them at the same time . It is the story of Diwan, the first modern bookstore in Cairo, which was opened by three women, one of whom penned this book. As a bookstore owner I found this fascinating. As a reader I found it fascinating. Blunt, honest, funny ." —Jenny Lawson, author of Broken (in the best possible way) The warm and winning story of opening a modern bookstore where there were none, Shelf Life: Chronicles of a Cairo Bookseller recounts Nadia Wassef's troubles and triumphs as a founder and manager of Cairo-based Diwan The streets of Cairo make strange m

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Author

Nadia Wassef

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9780374600181

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Reference, History

Rating

4.1 / 5 (93 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14