A review by hannahlee
The Language of Baklava: A Memoir by Diana Abu-Jaber

3.0

A well-crafted, emotional, engaging memoir. A better cook than I am might have the interest and courage to try some of the many recipes that Abu-Jaber sprinkles in among her stories of childhood, adolescent, and adult struggles with identity, homeland, and heritage, but I certainly enjoyed the narrative! The prose was simultaneously pithy and bright as well as deeply felt and arresting. I loved the way that the question of selfhood was so closely linked to food throughout the memoir, making the whole volume incredibly thematically tight.