![]() After their brief conversation, she prepares to drive home with her infant daughter, Armanoush, whom she’s decided to call “Amy.” Rose then makes a last-minute decision to return to the store. She recognizes him as a student at the University of Arizona and introduces herself. Around the same time, Rose Tchakhmakchian, a Kentucky native, is grocery shopping in Tucson, Arizona when she spots an attractive and familiar-looking young man shopping for garbanzo beans. Ultimately, she decides against it and returns home. Nineteen-year-old Zeliha Kazanci is heading to the gynecologist’s office, where she intends to get an abortion. The novel begins in 1986, amidst chaos in Istanbul. By the end of the novel, it functions as a salve that helps to heal past wounds. ![]() Food is cultural talisman, and something that unites families. ![]() Shafak uses food as the novel’s overarching theme. ![]()
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