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	Nowruz in the times of Corona it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saying Goodbye to Madar by Layla Sabourian (Goodreads Author), Shima Attari (Illustrator), Megan Van Aken (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Gift from Tonga it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Recipe for Good Mental Health it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Little Mischevious Kids it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Attisa, the Brave Girl from Venus it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El descubrimiento de la magia it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saying Goodbye To Madar: Bilingual version English/French it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Only Skin Deep by Layla Sabourian (Goodreads Author), Kristin Millie Salazar it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Language of Baklava: A Memoir

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The Bookseller of Kabul

by Åsne Seierstad

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Layla Sabourian rated a book The Business of Being a Writer by Jane Friedman (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
From finding an agent and understanding publishing contracts to building an author platform, marketing books, navigating traditional and independent publishing, and diversifying income, Friedman offers a clear-eyed account of how the publishing indus ...more
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The novel moves between two periods, 1951 and 1994, in a small Texas town near the Mexican border. It follows two rebellious women: Pilar, a young wife whose family becomes entangled in a curse, and Lulu, a teenager navigating grief, family expectatio ...more
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This was the first book I have read by a Moroccan author (I think). Through Laïla's journey from a traditional Moroccan family to the freedom and uncertainty of life in France, Trabelsi explores female identity, independence, sexuality, family expect ...more
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Some books transport you to another place. Land made me feel I had never quite left Ireland. Having just returned from the country, I found O'Farrell's evocation of its landscape particularly striking. The terrain, the changing light, the weather, th ...more
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I first read Siddhartha as a child, returned to it as a teenager, and now find myself reading it through an entirely different lens. With a daughter approaching the age when she will begin making her own choices, I suddenly recognise myself in Siddha ...more
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