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A review by nicolelovesbooks
Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love by Kim Fay
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.75
This was a delightful and quick read. I was immediately captivated by the epistolary banter between Joan and Imogen as their friendship grew. The food was a wonderful element in their letters and the story. The insights about the time period were very enlightening though not at all didactic.
Loved this line:
“There is unequaled satisfaction in composing words on a blank page, sealing them in an envelope, writing an address in my own messy hand, adding a stamp, walking it to the mailbox, and raising the flag. It’s like preparing a gift, and I feel like I receive one when a letter arrives— yours most of all.”
Loved this line:
“There is unequaled satisfaction in composing words on a blank page, sealing them in an envelope, writing an address in my own messy hand, adding a stamp, walking it to the mailbox, and raising the flag. It’s like preparing a gift, and I feel like I receive one when a letter arrives— yours most of all.”
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer and Death
Minor: Racism