Snake Hips: Belly Dancing and How I Found True Love (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781556525223)

This hilariously uplifting memoir follows an Arab American woman's merry life as she shimmies her way from getting dumped by her tattoo-artist boyfriend to coming to grips with being single, ample, and 30. Feeling lost and heartbroken, Anne Thomas Soffee moves back home to Richmond, Virginia. Against the wishes of her extended family and friends, she enrolls in a belly dancing class hoping to heal her heart and reconnect with her Lebanese roots. Her life is never the same after she discovers the riotous world of American belly dancing, a warm and welcoming subculture where younger and thinner are not necessarily better. Wildly funny adventures ensue as a newly confident Soffee embarks on romantic adventures with a domineering sheik and a beautiful Lebanese boy-next-door. Among the zils (finger cymbals) and thrills of attending classes and performing in moose lodges and county fairs, Soffee is surprised to find happiness and true love along the way. This replaces 1556524587.


Author: Anne Thomas Soffee
ISBN-10: 1556525222
ISBN-13: 9781556525223
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2003
Pages: 266
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.11w x 0.62d