A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea: A Novel

by Dina Nayeri

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From the author of Refuge, a magical novel about a young Iranian woman lifted from grief by her powerful imagination and love of Western culture.

Growing up in a small rice-farming village in 1980s Iran, eleven-year-old Saba Hafezi and her twin sister, Mahtab, are captivated by America. They keep lists of English words and collect illegal Life magazines, television shows, and rock music. So when her mother and sister disappear, leaving Saba and her father alone in Iran, Saba is certain that they have moved to America without her. But her parents have taught her that “all fate is written...

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  • ISBN10 1594632324
  • ISBN13 9781594632327
  • Publish Date 7 January 2014 (first published 1 January 2013)
  • Publish Status Inactive
  • Out of Print 4 March 2025
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
  • Imprint Riverhead Books,U.S.