Elif Shafak's New York Times Istanbul Reading List ~ Runciman Award 2022 Shortlist ~ Eric Hoffer Award 2022 Finalist & Honorable Mention ~ Dublin Literary Award 2022 Longlist ~ 2021 WNBA Great Group Read At the neighborhood café where pastry chef Kosmas, charming widower Fanis, and other Rum -Greek Orthodox Christian- friends meet regularly for afternoon tea, American-born Daphne arrives with her elderly aunt. Daphne unsettles hearts, provokes jealousies, and stirs up memories of the 1955 Istanbul pogrom, forcing Kosmas and Fanis to confront their painful history in order to risk new beginnings. A shrewd and humorous tale, A Recipe for Daphne invites the reader into the kitchens, loves, and secret lives of Istanbul's most ancient community.
✔ Author(s): Nektaria Anastasiadou
✔ Title: A Recipe for Daphne: A Novel (Hoopoe Fiction)
✔ Rating : 4.4 out of 5 base on (176 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 9774169794
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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