Iran meets Solly by the sea one evening. Iran's mother stitches 5854 pearls onto the wedding dress and with 5754 of them the couple buy a tiny flat shaded by guava trees. They have five children, who, surrounded by their parents' passion, grow up longing to fall in love.
- ISBN10 0747552754
- ISBN13 9780747552758
- Publish Date 6 August 2001
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 April 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English