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I felt like I could just taste everything the main character made. I felt like I was one of her customers, yet also privy to her life in the kitchen, that was a character unto itself. The bantering with the family and the customers were heartfelt, poignant and just funny at times. I loved the story that was told at the beginning of the chapter and how it seemed to parallel to foreshadow what would happen next. And then there was the love between two people helping to find themselves and their place in America and the World. Yes, food and love; love and food.
I felt like I could just taste everything the main character made. I felt like I was one of her customers, yet also privy to her life in the kitchen, that was a character unto itself. The bantering with the family and the customers were heartfelt, poignant and just funny at times. I loved the story that was told at the beginning of the chapter and how it seemed to parallel to foreshadow what would happen next. And then there was the love between two people helping to find themselves and their place in America and the World. Yes, food and love; love and food.
I felt like I could just taste everything the main character made. I felt like I was one of her customers, yet also privy to her life in the kitchen, that was a character unto itself. The bantering with the family and the customers were heartfelt, poignant and just funny at times. I loved the story that was told at the beginning of the chapter and how it seemed to parallel to foreshadow what would happen next. And then there was the love between two people helping to find themselves and their place in America and the World. Yes, food and love; love and food.
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Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber
kimberly8, January 1, 2010
I felt like I could just taste everything the main character made. I felt like I was one of her customers, yet also privy to her life in the kitchen, that was a character unto itself. The bantering with the family and the customers were heartfelt, poignant and just funny at times. I loved the story that was told at the beginning of the chapter and how it seemed to parallel to foreshadow what would happen next. And then there was the love between two people helping to find themselves and their place in America and the World. Yes, food and love; love and food.Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber
kimberly8, January 1, 2010
I felt like I could just taste everything the main character made. I felt like I was one of her customers, yet also privy to her life in the kitchen, that was a character unto itself. The bantering with the family and the customers were heartfelt, poignant and just funny at times. I loved the story that was told at the beginning of the chapter and how it seemed to parallel to foreshadow what would happen next. And then there was the love between two people helping to find themselves and their place in America and the World. Yes, food and love; love and food.Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber
kimberly8, January 1, 2010
I felt like I could just taste everything the main character made. I felt like I was one of her customers, yet also privy to her life in the kitchen, that was a character unto itself. The bantering with the family and the customers were heartfelt, poignant and just funny at times. I loved the story that was told at the beginning of the chapter and how it seemed to parallel to foreshadow what would happen next. And then there was the love between two people helping to find themselves and their place in America and the World. Yes, food and love; love and food.