Crescent - Audio CD - Abridged Author:Diana Abu-Jaber, Nike Doukas (Narrator), Marcelo Tubert (Narrator) Thirty-nine-year-old Sirine, never married, lives with a devoted Iraqi-immigrant uncle and an adoring dog named King Babar. She works as a chef in a Lebanese restaurant, her passions aroused only by the preparation of food -- until an unbearably handsome Arabic literature professor starts dropping by for a little home cooking. Falling in love br... more »ings Sirene's whole heart to a boil -- stirring up memories of her parents and questions about her identity as an Arab American.
Written in a lush, lyrical style reminiscent of The God of Small Things, infused with the flavors and scents of Middle Eastern food, and spiced with history and fable, Crescent is a sensuous love story and a gripping tale of risk and commitment.
Read by Nike Doukas with Marcelo Tubert. Abridged: 7 sound discs (8 3/4 hr.)« less