"The Blood of Flowers" A few days ago, I shared my enthusiasm for novelist Louise Penny’s Still Life, the first in her Inspector Gamache series. Hungry to read more about Three Pines, I looked her up on our library’s data base. Whoa, I had no idea how popular she is and how long the waiting list: 25 holds, 19 holds.… so I’ll have to be patient and get in line.
Until then, there are so many other books to fall in love with. If you haven’t accrued enough time-travel airmiles to catapult you back to Persia in the 17th Century, a more frugal way to get there is through Anita Amirrezvani’a The Blood of Flowers.
The tale unfolds through the eyes of a rug designer and skillfully weaving the story like the silk threads of a highly prized carpet, Amirrezvani teases us with fragrant beverages, spicy foods, and imaginative seducery, taking us from the countryside to the inside of a Hammam, a Mosque, a fortified residence and maybe even the Shah’s palace.
And yes, two questions beg to be asked, “What’s under a kilt,” and “What’s behind the veil?” Only one of those will be remotely addressed in The Blood of Flowers.
Until then, there are so many other books to fall in love with. If you haven’t accrued enough time-travel airmiles to catapult you back to Persia in the 17th Century, a more frugal way to get there is through Anita Amirrezvani’a The Blood of Flowers.
The tale unfolds through the eyes of a rug designer and skillfully weaving the story like the silk threads of a highly prized carpet, Amirrezvani teases us with fragrant beverages, spicy foods, and imaginative seducery, taking us from the countryside to the inside of a Hammam, a Mosque, a fortified residence and maybe even the Shah’s palace.
And yes, two questions beg to be asked, “What’s under a kilt,” and “What’s behind the veil?” Only one of those will be remotely addressed in The Blood of Flowers.
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