JASMINE AND FIRE: A Bittersweet Year in Beirut, a memoir by Salma Abdelnour June 12, 2012

JASMINE AND FIRE: A Bittersweet Year in Beirut (Broadway Paperback Original, On Sale: June 5, 2012), is the captivating story of Salma’s present-day adventures in Beirut as she attempts to make her way again in Lebanon—a place of beauty and tragedy, of despair and hope. It is the story of how her life as a food writer and her lingering obsession with Lebanese cuisine helped her reconnect with the city of her dreams, as she set about grappling with the timeless question: Can you ever go home again?

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