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Diana Abu-Jaber's Books

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Sep.06.2011
Avis Muir is a brilliant pastry chef, Brian Muir a corporate real estate attorney. Their son, Stanley, is the proprietor of a trendy food market. Their beautiful daughter, Felice, is missing. A runaway at 13, Felice has spent five years modeling tattoos, skateboarding, clubbing, and sleeping in a squat house or on the beach. She’s about to turn 18. Soon all of the Muirs will...
The Language of Baklava
Jan.06.2009
A memoir about growing up in a wacky, food-obsessed, multi-cultural family
ORIGIN
Jun.27.2007
This literary thriller concerns Lena Dawson, a fingerprint analyst who is trying to get to the bottom of a series of mysterious infant deaths. Along the way, Lena discovers that she must uncover the root of her own mysterious origins before she can solve the riddle of the lost infants.