| The Saffron Kitchen Contributor(s): Crowther, Yasmin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143112740 ISBN-13: 9780143112747 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: After Maryam Mazars dark secrets and troubled past surface, she feels compelled to leave the comfort of her home and return to her native remote Iranian village. When Maryams daughter finally goes to Iran, she begins to see the world that has haunted her mother for half a century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Family Life - General - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 5.4" W x 7.74" (0.41 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Ethnic Orientation - Arabic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In a powerful debut novel that moves between the crowded streets of London and the desolate mountains of Iran, Yasmin Crowther paints a stirring portrait of a family shaken by events from decades ago and worlds away. On a rainy day in London the dark secrets and troubled past of Maryam Mazar surface violently, with tragic consequences for her daughter, Sara, and her newly orphaned nephew. Maryam leaves her English husband and family and returns to the remote Iranian village where her story began. In a quest to piece their life back together, Sara follows her mother and finally learns the terrible price Maryam once had to pay for her freedom, and of the love she left behind. Set against the breathtaking beauty of two very different places, this stunning family drama transcends culture and is, at its core, a rich and haunting narrative about mothers and daughters. |