tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658995350403073675.post4716336877612306176..comments2024-01-05T07:34:25.501-05:00Comments on SmallWorld Reads: Book Review: The Saffron KitchenSarah at SmallWorldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15306137253094526922noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658995350403073675.post-77951022371500893402013-07-24T20:54:24.778-04:002013-07-24T20:54:24.778-04:00I read this book recently and found it very moving...I read this book recently and found it very moving, permeated with a sense of longing for something left behind, something without which each character felt incomplete. Maryam has left her love and her homeland, and although she makes a life, and has a child, there is a sadness, an emptiness at her core. Sara is aware of this throughout her childhood at a subliminal level, and is left empty herself after a miscarriage caused by an eruption of anger by her mother stemming directly from the horrific events which forced her to leave everything she loved many years before. The POVs do change constantly but the voices are different: I always knew who was speaking, and it was moving to see flashes of Maryam's voice in her daughter. It is a book about family bonds, but more about the importance of place in the formation of our characters. This is something that Khaled Hosseini conveys so painfully. The ripping of person from place causes wounds which heal only on the surface. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658995350403073675.post-32475329497771929462010-04-24T11:48:05.486-04:002010-04-24T11:48:05.486-04:00I'm sorry the book didn't deliver for you....I'm sorry the book didn't deliver for you. I felt that way recently when I red a book called The Summer Kitchen. It was always on the verge, but never really gave me the depth I was hoping for.Lisa (Southern Girl Reads)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03749744167773202007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3658995350403073675.post-45811215050745002902010-04-24T10:54:34.346-04:002010-04-24T10:54:34.346-04:00Hmmm. I'm so glad you reviewed this book. I ...Hmmm. I'm so glad you reviewed this book. I have it, but have yet to read it (I bought it because the title and cover looked good!). It's nice to have a bit of a "heads up!" for navigating tricky first novels.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17775836987596716063noreply@blogger.com