The Saffron Kitchen - Softcover

The Saffron Kitchen

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Buchbeschreibung Trade Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. In Very Good Condition. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges. For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. On An Autumn Day In London, The Dark Secrets And Troubled Past Of Maryam Mazar Surface Violently With Tragic Consequences For Her Pregnant Daughter, Sara, And Her Newly Orphaned Nephew, Saeed. Racked With Guilt, Maryam Is Compelled To Leave The Comfort Of Her Suburban Home And Mild English Husband To Return To Mazareh, The Remote Iranian Village Where Her Story Began. There She Must Face Her Past And The Memories Of A Life She Was Forced To Leave Behind When Her Father Disowned Her For A Sin She Did Not Commit, In The Days When She Was Young, Headstrong And Beautiful. Back In England, Sara Takes Care Of Saeed And Her Distraught Father As She Tries To Understand What Has Happened. Together They Begin To Unearth Maryam's Story From Their Memories, Fragments Of Conversation, Photographs And A Few Lines Of Poetry. In Her Quest To Piece Their Life Back Together, Sara Follows Her Mother To Iran, To Discover The Roots Of Her Unhappiness And To Try To Bring Her Home. Far From The Terraced Streets Of London, Among The Snow-Capped Mountains And Wind-Swept Plains That Have Haunted Her Mother's Dreams For Half A Century, Sara Finally Learns The Terrible Price Maryam Once Had To Pay For Her Freedom, And Of The Love She Left Behind. A Richly Poetic And Haunting Narrative, The Saffron Kitchen Tells Of Betrayal And Retribution, Of Secrets That Can Lie Undisturbed For Decades Without Losing Their Power To Harm, Of The Pain Of Exile And The Difficult Joy Of Homecoming. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 001293

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