Review

Muddy People: Sara el Sayed's portrayal of her own family is honest and bracing

By Mark Thomas
September 25 2021 - 12:00am
A beguiling portrait of a family in all its messiness
A beguiling portrait of a family in all its messiness
  • Muddy People, by Sara el Sayed. Black Inc, $29.99.

"Muddy" is not usually an adjective associated with "people". The word might connote various things (confused, say, dense or risky) but, in Sara el Sayed's memoir, the meaning is often "messy".

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