Pomegranate Soup
By (Author) Marsha Mehran
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Fourth Estate
22nd November 2006
Australia
General
Fiction
A823
Paperback
288
Width 130mm, Height 200mm, Spine 20mm
320g
An enchanting tale of family, friends and renewal, with a taste of something truly magical.
It has been seven years since Marjan Aminpour fled Iran with her younger sisters Bahar and Layla. In a sleepy Irish town beneath the holy mountain Croagh Patrick she hopes they might finally find a home. the sisters open the Babylon Cafe right at the heart of Ballinacroagh's Main Mall, sending the spicy, sensuous wafts of traditional Persian cooking to work their magic on the townsfolk. Soon, business is booming and Marjan is thrilled with the demand for her cooking and with the transformation in her sisters - young Layla finds first love, and even tense, haunted Bahar seems less nervous. But then the lives they left behind in Iran begin to bleed into the present and everything the sisters have worked for is under threat... Infused with the textures, scents, trials and triumphs of two cultures, POMEGRANAtE SOUP is a delectable journey, highlighted with delicious recipes, into the heart of Persian cooking and Irish living. 'A novel of great timeliness and charm' - Sydney Morning Herald Continue the story of the Aminpour sisters with Marsha Mehran's second novel ROSEWAtER & SODA BREAD.
Born in Tehran on the eve of the Iranian Revolution, Marsha Mehran moved with her family to the southern shores of Argentina, where her parents set up a Middle Eastern cafe in Buenos Aires. She also lived in Australia, the US and Ireland. Her first novel, POMEGRANATE SOUP and its sequel, ROSEWATER AND SODA BREAD were published to international acclaim.