Books like Hideous kinky by Esther Freud
In Esther Freud’s novel, a mother and her two daughters leave England for Morocco during a turbulent decade. The mother views the trip as a pilgrimage to escape English conventions and pursue personal fulfillment, while the daughters search for a stable, grounding sense of belonging in the shifting desert.
The novel explores themes of identity, family bonds, and liberation against a backdrop of 1960s cultural change.
First publish date: 1992
Genre: Literary Fiction/Contemporary Literary Fiction
Authors: Esther Freud
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