Crescent

A Novel

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by Diana Abu-Jaber

W. W. Norton and Co.

Due/Published May 2004, 368 pages, paper

ISBN 0393325547

New in paper (S04)

Abu-Jaber weaves a multidimensional love story set in the Arab-American community of Los Angeles.

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 brings Sirene's whole heart to a boil—stirring up memories of her parents and questions about her identity as an Arab American.