Crescent
Record details
- ISBN: 9781565117747
- ISBN: 1565117743
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Physical Description:
7 audio discs (8 3/4 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
sound disc - Publisher: Minneapolis, MN : HighBridge, ℗2003.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Abridged. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Producer; John Runnette; abridger, Leslie Thomas. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Nike Doukas with Marcelo Tubert. |
Summary, etc.: | Never married, living with an Iraqi immigrant uncle, and working as a chef in a Lebanese restaurant, thirty-nine-year-old Sirine finds her life turned upside down by a handsome Arabic literature professor who not only awakens unexpected feelings but also stirs up memories of her parents and questions about her Arab American identity. |
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Subject: | Los Angeles (Calif.) Fiction Restaurants Fiction Women cooks Fiction Arab Americans Fiction College teachers Fiction Cooking, Lebanese Fiction Arab American women Fiction |
Genre: | Audiobooks. Romance fiction. Love stories. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Deep River Public Library | BCD F Abu (Text) | 3603900055038% | Adult Fiction CD | Available | - |
Crescent
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Summary
Crescent
An Arab-American Chocolata sensual blend of food, love and longing.Half-Iraqi, half-American Sirine is a cook at Nadia's Cafe, which draws the neighborhood's Arab students, expatriates, and exiles. All are hungry for real true Arab food and connection to their homes. One is Hanif Al Eyad, a new hire in the Near Eastern Studies Department at the university who fled Iraq as a young man. Sirine and Han fall in love over food: a baklava they make together, delicate lamb dishes, hummus glistening with olive oil.Populated by colorful and memorable charactersthe lovely Sirine; the handsome Han; Sirine's story-telling uncle, whose fantastic fables are woven into the novel; a poet named Aziz; Nadia and her daughter MireilleCrescent explores the universal themes of love and loyalty to countries old and new, to those left behind, and to tradition. Some of the characters are learning to live in one country and let go of another, and some are nota fact that sparks a surprising ending.