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The Saffron Kitchen

A Novel

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The Saffron Kitchen

Von: Yasmin Crowther
Gesprochen von: Mehr Mansuri, Ariana Fraval
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 In this powerful debut, Yasmin Crowther paints a stirring portrait of a family shaken by events from decades ago and a world away. On a blustery day in London, the dark secrets and troubled past of Maryann Mazar surface violently, with tragic consequences for her daughter, Sara, and her newly orphaned nephew, Saeed. Consumed with guilt, Maryann leaves her suburban home and mild English husband to return to Mazareh, the remote village on Iran's northeast border where her own story began. There she must face her past and the memories of a life she was forced to leave behind when she was young, headstrong, and beautiful.

Back in England, Sara tries to understand what could have compelled her mother to leave. Together with Saeed and her distraught father, she begins to unearth Maryann's story from amid her memories of opium poppies, family lore, and fragments of conversation, photographs, and a few lines of poetry. In her quest to piece her life back together, Sara follows her mother to Iran to discover the roots of her unhappiness and to try and bring her home.

A rich and haunting narrative, The Saffron Kitchen tells of betrayal and retribution, of secrets that can lie undisturbed for decades, of the pain of exile, and the bittersweet joy of homecoming.

©2006 Yasmin Crowther (P)2006 Penguin Audio, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. All rights reserved. Belletristik Familienleben Historische Romane

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"Absorbing family drama...an unusual and satisfying read." (The Guardian)
"The Saffron Kitchen marks Yasmin Crowther out as a novelist of exceptional honesty and grace." (Daily Telegraph)
"Crowther's debut is spellbinding, and her cross-cultural perception and empathy are illuminating and affecting." (Booklist)
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