The Arrogant Years - by Lucette Lagnado (Paperback)

The Arrogant Years is a stunning work of memory and resilience that tells the powerfully moving story of Lucette Lagnado's difficult coming-of-age in America, following her first years in the country.

With precision and searing honesty, Lagnado weaves an account of her own arrogant years, describing a poignant mother and daughter story and a magnificent snapshot of the turbulent '60s and '70s.

This follow-up memoir to her beloved, bestselling The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit is a lasting "meditation on exile and assimilation, feminism and the enduring ties of family." (San Francisco Chronicle) Lagnado's acclaimed writing style is on full display as she skillfully reminds us that a single human life is infinitely complex, with as many sides to a story as times it is told.

With affection and compassion for her mother, Lagnado describes displacement and the urgency of memory in a way that will resonate with readers of any ethnicity.

This moving and unsparingly revelatory memoir is a fully fleshed, moving re-creation of once-vibrant Jewish communities, complete with magical backdrops, nasty villains, and dashing heroes.

Vivid and evocative, The Arrogant Years is a spellbinding and profoundly elucidating work of epic adversity and hard-won selfhood that will leave readers both moved and inspired.