Rounding off the category is Deborah Baker's The Convert, an account of Margaret Marcus, a young Jewish woman in post-war New York, who renounced her faith and converted to Islam, becoming one of the West's most vocal critics in the process.
Date: Oct 13, 2011
Category: Entertainment
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Who are the finalists for the National Book Awards?
The other finalists for the non-fiction award are:-- Deborah Baker, The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism, a biography of Margaret Marcus, a Jew from suburban New York, who moved to Pakistan in 1962 and became one of the pre-eminent voices of Islamic rivalism.-- Mary Gabriel, Love and Capital: