Crescent (MP3 Book)
Format: MP3 CD
ISBN:
9781598871562 (1598871560)
Publish date: April 14th 2003
Publisher: HighBridge Company
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Food And Drink,
Food,
Book Club,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Contemporary,
International,
Foodie
I didn't think I was going to like this one, given that I just read and disliked another novel about Muslims living in an Anglo land. I'm happy to report that I was wrong.The novel tells the story of Sirine, who lives with her cranky-but-lovable uncle in "Teherangeles" and who works as a chef in a L...
loved the food connections
This absorbing novel is fascinating, sweet, and sensuously detailed! I developed such a crush on the main character -- between her and her cooking, I was in love!
An American chef of Iraqi heritage works at a Middle Eastern cafe and allows her cooking, her friends, and her uncle to be her world - until she is introduced to a handsome Iraqi professor with whom she begins a passionate love affair. Due to his influence - his longing for home and frustrations wit...
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 by Diana Abu-Jaber, Inc. Original material ? 2003 Diana Abu-Jaber. Published by arrangement with W.W. Norton Company, Nike Doukas, Marcelo Tubert, now listed on BookLikes)