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/5(). The title of Crowther's first novel might lead prospective readers to believe that The Saffron Kitchen is the latest addition to that comforting sub-genre of "foodie-novels" that feed the mind and whet the appetite in equal measure, often by interspersing tasty recipes into the plot. This is not the case; in fact food takes a definite back seat to themes of culture, family and identity as we follow one woman's struggle to find . 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/5(17).
A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Author interviews, book reviews and lively book commentary are found here. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. The Saffron Kitchen (novel), Viking (New York, NY), SIDELIGHTS: A consultant in sustainable development and corporate responsibility, British-born Yasmin Crowther debuted as a novelist with her The Saffron Kitchen. Crowther, whose mother is Iranian and father British, portrays the life of Maryam, the daughter of an Iranian general. In The Saffron Kitchen, by Yasmin Crowther, a Muslim woman named Maryam struggles to find a balance between her native Persian culture and her adopted British culture. She grows up in Iran yearning for the freedom that she perceives women in the West have. Set in the 's under the leadership of Mohammad Mosaddegh, the novel exposes.
the saffron kitchen. by yasmin crowther. buy now from. amazon barnes noble get weekly book recommendations. The latest of these is The Saffron Kitchen by Yasmin Crowther. The author's tale switches back and forth between England where she lives with her family as an adult and a small Iranian village with very few modern comfortable amenities, where her life began. The Saffron Kitchen. Yasmin Crowther. Penguin, - Fiction - pages.
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