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Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran
4.0

This story involves 3 Iranian sisters who have fled to Ireland after the revolution. They try to rebuild their lives opening a cafe in a small town. Small town life gives them the hiding place they need, but also brings on tensions between themselves and the residents.

The story starts a bit slow, but soon picks up. The characters are wonderful and a bit quirky, which I like. Their is a bit of mysticism mixed in with the culinary delights. The story reminded me a bit of Chocolat by Joanne Harris and Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen.

It's well worth sticking with this book. I thoroughly enjoyed it once I got into it.