Ramadan Ramsey: A Novel

"Louis Edwards takes us on a delightful journey from his hometown New Orleans to the Middle East, through the eyes of a boy in search of his identity. Ramadan is born of a forbidden romance between Mustafa, a Syrian immigrant, and Alicia, a young African American woman, who fall in love over a bag of chips at the corner store. Mustafa’s family whisks him back to Syria before he knows about his son. Ramadan endures much hardship, including a hurricane, before embarking on a global quest to meet his father. Edwards taps into how places, and secrets, shape our lives."