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Jasmine And Fire

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Format: Paperback
Library Classification: Adult Fiction
BIC Subjects: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Audience: General/trade
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Imprint: Random House Inc
Publication Date: 1/08/2012
Place of Publication: United States

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As Beirut exploded with the bombs and violence of a ruthless civil war in the '80s, a nine-year-old Salma Abdelnour and her family fled Lebanon to start a new life in the States. Ever since then-- even as she built a thriving career as a food and travel writer in New York City--Salma has had a hunch that Beirut was still her home. She kept dreaming of moving back--and finally decided to do it. But could she resume her life in Beirut, so many years after her family moved away? Could she, or anyone for that matter, ever really go home again? "Jasmine and Fire" is Salma's poignant and humorous journey of try-ing to resettle in Beirut and fumbling through the new realities of life in one of the world's most complex, legendary, ever-vibrant, ever- troubled cities. What's more, in a year of roiling changes around the Middle East and the rise of the Arab Spring, Salma found herself in the midst of the turmoil, experiencing it all up close.

"This is a sweet, heartfelt book by a writer who finds herself both insider and outsider at the same time. Salma Abdelnour beautifully evokes the mood of the city she left as a child and the memories brought back by its wonderful food. A delicious read!" --Moira Hodgson, author of "It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
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"Salma Abdelnour captures the flavors of Beirut - the familiar mixed with the exotic - in her year-long search to rediscover her culture, with recipes that will let you experience the sublime flavors of Lebanese cooking...no matter where you are." --David Lebovitz, author of "The Sweet Life in Paris
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"A year in Beirut allows Salma Abdelnour to ponder everything from family and love to loneliness, home, and the strategy necessary to consume several extraordinary meals in one day. Frank, contemplative, and confiding, "Jasmine and Fire" makes for a delicious and absorbing investigation of a fascinating place." --Michelle Wildgen, author of "You're Not You" and "But Not For Long"

Title: Jasmine And Fire
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Contributors: By (author) Salma Abdelnour

ISBN 13: 9780307885944
ISBN 10: 0307885941

Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Imprint: Random House Inc
Publication Date: 1/08/2012
Place of Publication: New York, United States
Edition:

BIC Subjects: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Dewey Classification: 956.92504530 (DC21)
NBS Classification: Travel & Holiday Guides: General

Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Height: 203mm
Width: 139mm
Thickness: 19mm
Weight: 265g