Jasmine and Fire: A Bittersweet Year in Beirut

by Salma Abdelnour

Book Overview

As Beirut exploded with the bombs and violence of a ruthless civil war in the '80s, a nine-year-old Salma Abdelnour and her family fled Lebanon to start a new life in the States. Ever since then--even as she built a thriving career as a food and travel writer in New York City--Salma has had a hunch that Beirut was still her home. She kept dreaming of moving back--and finally decided to do it. But could she resume her life in Beirut, so many years...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307885941
• ISBN13: 9780307885944
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.0"