Book 81: "Pomegranate Soup" by Marsha Mehran

     This book is part of the Norway Library's "Food and Culture" summer discussion series.  "Promegranate Soup" looks like a pretty appetizing and satisfying read!  One reviewer on "Book Browse" writes, "This was a fascinating story of three sisters from Iran who open a cafe in a tiny town in Ireland.  The characters come alive and are people you would find in your own neighborhood."
     Frank Delaney, the author of one of my favorite books, "Ireland", describes "Pomegranate Soup" this way:  "Few novels have such charm, such fusion.  Marsha Mehran takes one of the great staples of literature, food and its creation, and makes it the vehicle of a delightful, subtle fairytale. . . She delivers a moving and very amusing enquiry into whether differences between peoples exist at all."