Used Book – The Sixth Day, Andrée Chedid

Constantly fearing denunciation, old Om Hassam tries alone to save her grandson who is suffering from cholera. For six days and six nights, with only her love as medicine, she wears herself out fighting off discouragement and instilling in the sick child the will to live. From the heart of Egypt, fleeing the epidemic, she embarks with him on a long journey towards the saving sea... The sixth day marks the fateful date in the evolution of the disease: "the sixth day, either you die, or you are resurrected..."