{"product_id":"day-of-honey-annia-ciezadlo-9781416583943","title":"Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe award-winning, powerful\u003c\/b\u003e portrait of life in the Middle East, that weaves history, cuisine, and firsthand reporting into a fearless, intimate exploration of everyday survival. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the fall of 2003, as Iraq descended into civil war, Annia Ciezadlo spent her honeymoon in Baghdad. For the next six years, she lived in Baghdad and Beirut, where she dodged bullets during sectarian street battles, chronicled the Arab world's first peaceful revolution, and watched Hezbollah commandos invade her Beirut neighborhood. Throughout all of it, she broke bread with Sunnis and Shiites, warlords and refugees, matriarchs and mullahs. \u003ci\u003eDay of Honey \u003c\/i\u003eis her story of the hunger for food and friendship during wartime--a communion that feeds the soul as much as the body. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn lush, fiercely intelligent prose, Ciezadlo uses food and the rituals of eating to uncover a vibrant Middle East most Americans never see. We get to know people like Roaa, a young Kurdish woman whose world shrinks under occupation to her own kitchen walls; Abu Rifaat, a Baghdad book lover who spends his days eavesdropping in the ancient city's legendary caf駸; and the unforgettable Umm Hassane, Ciezadlo's sardonic Lebanese mother-in-law, who teaches her to cook rare family recipes (included in a mouthwatering appendix of Middle Eastern comfort food). From dinner in downtown Beirut to underground book clubs in Baghdad, \u003ci\u003eDay of Honey \u003c\/i\u003eis a profound exploration of everyday survival--a moving testament to the power of love and generosity to transcend the misery of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Annia Ciezadlo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1416583947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416583943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Free Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.30d","brand":"Annia Ciezadlo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43986829541631,"sku":"9781416583943","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_61638f3f-6a90-4b1f-89f4-f9dd06178365.jpg?v=1683285427","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/day-of-honey-annia-ciezadlo-9781416583943","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}