Morocco, 1942. As France and Europe are caught in the shadow of a terrible war, sixteen-year-old Mamakh, a romantic and curious Jewish merchant’s daughter, moves to the city of Marrakesh to follow her childhood love, the handsome and passionate Jacques.

A far cry from her rural village at the foot of the Atlas Mountains, Mamakh finds that the lively and enchanting Marrakech is full of beautiful opportunities to pursue her passions—until tragedy strikes Mamakh’s young family and she is forced to leave the city—and her true love—forever.

Morocco, 1980. Forty years after Mamakh’s departure from Marrakech, another young woman arrives in Casablanca looking for a fresh start. After her father tries to force her into an arranged marriage, Haya is looking for any semblance of independence from the rigid religious conservatism that reigns over her family. She will marry only for herself, and only for love. But when she opens a letter from her late mother, with strict instructions to keep its contents a secret, Haya starts down a road that entangles her story with Mamakh’s, the long-lost Jewish community of Morocco, and the history embedded in Marrakech.

For fans of Khaled Hosseini and The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri, The Lost Daughter of Marrakech is a “fascinating and poetic novel that allows us a unique taste of the Moroccan Jewish community in the diaspora and beyond.” – Isaac Herzog, the 11th President of Israel