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      Confessions of a Gambler

      by Rayda Jacobs
      Published
      Jul 2007
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      240
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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 fiance, 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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      Apr 2004 Kwela Books ISBN13 9780795701603 ISBN10 0795701608
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      Jul 2007 Overlook Press ISBN13 9781585678976 ISBN10 158567897X
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