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Together tea / Marjan Kamali.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062236807 (pbk.) :
- ISBN: 0062236806 (pbk.) :
- Physical Description: 321 p. ; 21 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Ecco, c2013.
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- Subject:
- Mothers and daughters > Fiction.
Iranian Americans > Fiction. - Genre:
- Domestic fiction.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibsons Public Library | FIC KAMA (Text) | 30886000520789 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
Mina and her mother Darya are constantly at odds with each other and to work things out they travel to their former hometown in Iran, but, as they begin to understand each other, two men cause them to question their beliefs and traditions. - Baker & Taylor
"Darya has discovered the perfect gift for her daughter's twenty-fifth birthday: an ideal husband. Mina, however, is fed up with her mother's years of endless matchmaking and the spreadsheets grading available Iranian-American bachelors. Having spent herchildhood in Tehran and the rest of her life in New York City, Mina has experienced cultural clashes firsthand, but she's learning that the greatest clashes sometimes happen at home. After a last ill-fated attempt at matchmaking, mother and daughter embark on a return journey to Iran. Immersed once again in Persian culture, the two women gradually begin to understand each other. But when Mina falls for a young man who never appeared on her mother's matchmaking radar, will Mina and Darya's new-found appreciation for each other survive?"--Publisher's website. - Baker & Taylor
Constantly at odds, 25-year-old Mina and her mother Darya, to work things out, travel to Iran where they, back in the familiarity of their hometown, begin to understand each other and come to terms with the choices they have made until two men cause them to question their beliefs and traditions. Original. 100,000 first printing. - HARPERCOLL
A moving and joyous debut novel about mothers and daughters, tradition and independence, finding love and the place you truly belong
In Together Tea, Marjan Kamaliâs delightful and heartwarming debut novel, Darya has discovered the perfect gift for her daughterâs twenty-fifth birthday: an ideal husband. Mina, however, is fed up with her motherâs years of endless matchmaking and the spreadsheets grading available Iranian-American bachelors. Having spent her childhood in Tehran and the rest of her life in New York City, Mina has experienced cultural clashes firsthand, but sheâs learning that the greatest clashes sometimes happen at home.
After a last ill-fated attempt at matchmaking, mother and daughter embark on a return journey to Iran. Immersed once again in Persian culture, the two women gradually begin to understand each other. But when Mina falls for a young man who never appeared on her motherâs matchmaking radar, will Mina and Daryaâs new-found appreciation for each other survive?
Together Tea is a moving and joyous debut novel about family, love, and finding the place you truly belong.