The Storyteller's Daughter: One Woman's Return to Her Lost Homeland by Saira Shah

The Storyteller's Daughter: One Woman's Return to Her Lost Homeland

Saira Shah

272 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir travel emotional slow-paced

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Imagine that a jewel-like garden overlooking Kabul is your ancestral home. Imagine a kitchen made fragrant with saffron strands and cardamom pods simmering in an authentic pilau. Now remember that you were born in London, your family in exile, and...

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