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In this timely novel, Abeeda, a South African woman in her late forties, is struggling to hold on to both halves of a double life. To others, she is a pious Muslim mother of four, coping with the death of one of her sons to AIDS. But Abeeda has also developed a gambling addiction, winning and losing huge amounts of money. In a series of flashbacks her life is traced as a woman in her twenties, through a torrid affair with her younger sister's fiancé, Imran, and her history of taking wild risks. In all, this is a gripping story of family, addiction, religion, and redemption.
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Rayda Jacobs is a filmmaker who has performed extensive research on the psychological makeup of gamblers.
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A toxic mix of addiction and loss undoes the staid life of a South African Muslim woman in novelist and filmmaker Jacobs's American debut. Abeeda "Beeda" Ariefdien is a 49-year-old single mother who, having raised her four sons after her husband left the family, is now supported by them. But her pious, quiet Cape Town life unravels after her friend Garaatie suggests they take a trip to the local casino—a place Beeda hadn't known existed. Beeda wins a slot machine jackpot and becomes hooked, even though her Muslim religion forbids gambling. Beeda's addiction begins slowly, but after her youngest son tells her he is dying of AIDS, "going to see auntie" (her euphemism for gambling) is her only solace. As rumors circulate about Beeda's son's illness and the amount of time she spends at the casino, Beeda defends her son and forsakes her robes in favor of jeans when gambling (to distinguish her separate lifestyles from each other). She eventually tries to conquer her addiction, but it may be too late. Jacobs realistically portrays the psychology of an addict, though Beeda can come across as something of a sympathetic if didactic straw woman. Beeda may lose big, but readers will be enriched. (July)
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- PublisherKwela Books
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0795701608
- ISBN 13 9780795701603
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages240
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