Crescent

Diana Abu-Jaber

first published 2002 W. W. Norton & Company, 2004 368 pages

"Thirty-nine-year-old Sirine, never married, lives with a devoted uncle and an adoring dog named King Babar in the Persian- and Arab-American community of Los Angeles known as Irangeles. She works as a chef in a Lebanese restaurant, her passions aroused only by cooking - until an unbearably handsome Arabic literature professor starts dropping by for a little home cooking. Falling in love with Hanif brings Sirine's w...

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Crescent paperback · 2004 · Pan MacMillan · 352 pages · 9780330413275
Crescent edition · 2004 · Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. · 416 pages · 9780393066692
Crescent edition · 2004 · W. W. Norton & Company · 368 pages · 9780393325546
Crescent edition · 2004 · Beeler Large Print · 434 pages
Crescent paperback · 2004 · Picador · 9780330427654
Crescent edition · 2002 · W.W. Norton & Co. · 349 pages

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