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A House in Fez: Building a Life in the Ancient Heart of Morocco
Suzanna Clarke
263 pages, 2008
Nonfiction
Australians Suzanna and her husband Sandy fall in love with the life and architecture of the ancient Medina (Old City) of Fez. Fez is a medieval walled city in Morocco. They buy a riad there, a traditional courtyard house, with crumbling walls and faulty plumbing. They want to restore the riad to its original glory. But buying the house, finding skilled workers and getting building materials down the maze of alleys (no cars or trucks – just donkeys) is more than challenging, especially when you don’t speak the language! Suzanna is a brave and resourceful person, and slowly the riad’s beauty is revealed and restored.
