Love & Saffron

The Instant National Bestseller and #1 Indie Next Pick In the vein of the classic 84,Charing Cross Roadthis witty and tender novel follows two women in 1960s America as they discover that food really does connect us alland that friendship and laughter are the best medicine. When twenty-seven-year-old Joan Bergstrom sends a fan letter–as well as a gift of saffron–to fifty-nine-year-old Imogen Fortiera life-changing friendship begins. Joan lives in Los Angeles and is just starting out as a writer for the newspaper food pages. Imogen lives on Camano Island outside Seattlewriting a monthly column for a Pacific Northwest magazineand while she can hunt elk and dig for clamssheΓÇÖs never tasted fresh garlic–exotic fare in the Northwest of the sixties. As the two women commune through their lettersthey build a closeness that sustains them through the Cuban Missile Crisisthe assassination of President Kennedyand the unexpected in their own lives. Food and a good lifeΓÇöthey canΓÇÖt be separated. It is a discovery the women sharenot only with each otherbut with the men in their lives. Because of her correspondence with JoanImogenΓÇÖs decades-long marriage blossoms into something new and excitingand in turnJoan learns that true love does not always come in the form we expect it to. Into this beautifulintimate world comes the ultimate test of Joan and ImogenΓÇÖs friendshipΓÇöa test that summons their unconditional trust in each other. A brief respite from our chaotic worldLove & Saffron is a gem of a novela reminder that food and friendship are the antidote to most any heartacheand that human connection will always be worth creating.