Articles By: Gabrielle

Book Review: The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern

Book Review: The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern

Reviewed by Gabrielle Sutton When someone experiences a particular difficult event in their life whether it be a death, divorce or other major life changing experience, advice is usually given to take ‘one day at a time’. What if you knew what tomorrow held? Could you change it? Would you want to change it? And [...]

February 19, 2010 Great Books, Things n Stuff! 1 Comment

Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran

Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran

Book Review by Gabrielle Sutton This book is a prequel to Rosewater and Soda Bread and is based around three Iranian sisters who have fled Iran and are re-establishing their lives in Ballinacroagh, a small town in Ireland. The sisters open a café cooking traditional Peruvian dishes and slowly weave their magic with exotic spices [...]

February 3, 2009 Great Books, Things n Stuff! 0 Comments

Rosewater & Soda Bread by Marsha Mehran

Rosewater & Soda Bread by Marsha Mehran

Rosewater & Soda Bread by Marsha Mehran Reviewed by Gabrielle Sutton I read this book over a long weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it.  The author, Marsha Mehran is Iranian and has lived in Iran, Argentina, Australia, Ireland and North America and this novel draws on her experiences. It centers around three Iranian sisters who run [...]

October 7, 2008 Domestic Goddess, Great Books, Things n Stuff! 2 Comments