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The Saffron Kitchen Yasmin Crowther

The Saffron Kitchen By Yasmin Crowther

The Saffron Kitchen by Yasmin Crowther


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The Saffron Kitchen Summary

The Saffron Kitchen by Yasmin Crowther

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.

The Saffron Kitchen Reviews

Beautiful . . . A heartfelt story about unbreakable family bonds.
-Entertainment Weekly

A wonderfully intricate debut novel . . . exploring the potency of heritage and the pain of exile.
-Publishers Weekly, starred review

The Saffron Kitchen has a dreamlike quality that gradually draws in and washes over a reader.
-USA Today

A fine novel of cultural and generational tension.
-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

A moving look at the plight of the immigrant torn between two homes.
-The Christian Science Monitor

With richly descriptive language evoking the riotous streets of Iran to the comfortable London suburbs, Crowther's well-crafted narrative will keep readers eagerly turning the pages of this poetic debut about mothers and daughters.
-PAGES

Crowther's debut is spellbinding, and her cross-cultural perception and empathy are illuminating and affecting.
-Booklist

An unusual and satisfying read.
-The Guardian, London

A book about edges . . . where unconscious drives become seemingly rational decisions; and where different cultural values confront each other . . . Crowther [is] a novelist of exceptional honesty and grace.
-The Sunday Telegraph, London

About Yasmin Crowther

Yasmin Crowther is an Iranian-English sustainability consultant and author. She provides counsel to high-profile clients-Microsoft, Shell, and BP, to name a few-on corporate responsibility, sustainable development, and brand strategy. The Saffron Kitchen is her debut novel.

Additional information

GOR009513355
9780143112747
0143112740
The Saffron Kitchen by Yasmin Crowther
Used - Good
Paperback
Penguin Putnam Inc
20070828
272
N/A
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