A review by zilfworks
Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber

4.0

I've read this twice now (once a couple of years ago and again just last month for our book group), and it definitely holds up on a second reading. Lovely writing, exquisite food descriptions (you'll get hungry!). My only quibble is with the final 20 pages or so, in which the author uses a very cliched gimmick to move the plot along...not once but twice. A move very out of character with the rest of the book, which is very well written in almost all other respects.