Rosewater and Soda Bread, Marsha Mehran
Rosewater and Soda Bread, Marsha Mehran
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Rosewater and Soda Bread
A Novel

Author: Marsha Mehran

Narrator: Donia Bijan

Unabridged: 8 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/11/2023


Synopsis

More than a year has passed since Marjan, Bahar, and Layla, the beautiful Iranian Aminpour sisters, sought refuge in the quaint Irish town of Ballinacroagh. Opening the beguiling Babylon Café, they charmed the locals with their warm hearts and delectable Persian cuisine, bringing a saffron-scented spice to the once-sleepy village.



But when a young woman with a dark secret literally washes up on Clew Bay Beach, the sisters' world is once again turned upside down. With pale skin and webbed hands, the girl is otherworldly, but her wounds tell a more earthly (and graver) story—one that sends the strict Catholic town into an uproar. The Aminpours rally around the newcomer, but each sister must also contend with her own transformation—Marjan tests her feelings for love with a dashing writer, Bahar takes on a new spiritual commitment with the help of Father Mahoney, and Layla matures into a young woman when she and her boyfriend, Malachy, step up their hot and heavy relationship.



Filled with mouthwatering recipes and enchanting details of life in Ireland, Rosewater and Soda Bread is infused with a lyrical warmth that radiates from the Aminpour family and their big-hearted Italian landlady, Estelle, to the whole of Ballinacroagh—and the world beyond.

Author Bio

Marsha Mehran (1977-2014) was born in Tehran, Iran, but left during the Revolution, at age two, with her family. She then lived in such diverse places as Buenos Aires, the United States, Australia, and Ireland. Marsha's talent and wit was evident from an early age: she became fluent in speaking Farsi, Spanish, and English at age six; she was identified as a gifted child at age eight in the USA; and she excelled at learning to play the piano, nurturing her musical talent at the Elder Conservatory of Music in Adelaide. Her first book, Pomegranate Soup, published in 2005, was translated into fifteen languages and published in more than twenty countries. The continuation, Rosewater and Soda Bread, was a hit sequel in Marsha's vision for a series of seven books. The third title, Pistachio Rain, was scheduled for publication in 2014 but disrupted by her demise in April that year. Her stand-alone book has been published in Australia and New Zealand, by Harper Collins, as The Margaret Thatcher School of Beauty and by Amazon Crossing as The Saturday Night School of Beauty. Marsha Mehran passed away in her adopted home of Ireland, in 2014 at the age of thirty-six. She leaves behind a literary legacy that will continue to thrive in her legion of fans across the globe.

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