The Sun at Midday: Tales of a Mediterranean Family

Gini Alhadeff and her family always felt foreign, no matter where they were. Born in Alexandria, Egypt, and raised in Cairo, Khartoum, Florence, and Tokyo, Alhadeff spins an engrossing tale of her beguilingly uncommon family--including a Catholic upbringing, Sephardic Jewish roots, a grandfather who was a merchant banker in Mussolini's Italy, and a gynecologist uncle who conducted experiments at Auschwitz and Buchenwald.