A glimpse into a friendship that doesn't hesitate to touch on joy, sadness, love, and death." -Kirkus Reviews "Fay's touch is deft.The story leaves the reader wanting more-more recipes, more letters, more time in the gentle, unfolding friendship of these two women. Into this beautiful, intimate world comes the ultimate test of Joan and Imogen's friendship-a test that summons their unconditional trust in each other.Ī brief respite from our chaotic world, Love & Saffron is a gem of a novel, a reminder that food and friendship are the antidote to most any heartache, and that human connection will always be worth creating. Because of her correspondence with Joan, Imogen's decades-long marriage blossoms into something new and exciting, and in turn, Joan learns that true love does not always come in the form we expect it to. It is a discovery the women share, not only with each other, but with the men in their lives.
As the two women commune through their letters, they build a closeness that sustains them through the Cuban Missile Crisis, the assassination of President Kennedy, and the unexpected in their own lives.įood and a good life-they can't be separated.
Imogen lives on Camano Island outside Seattle, writing a monthly column for a Pacific Northwest magazine, and while she can hunt elk and dig for clams, she's never tasted fresh garlic-exotic fare in the Northwest of the sixties. Joan lives in Los Angeles and is just starting out as a writer for the newspaper food pages. When twenty-seven-year-old Joan Bergstrom sends a fan letter-as well as a gift of saffron-to fifty-nine-year-old Imogen Fortier, a life-changing friendship begins. In the vein of the classic 84, Charing Cross Road, this witty and tender novel follows two women in 1960s America as they discover that food really does connect us all, and that friendship and laughter are the best medicine. The Instant National Bestseller and #1 Indie Next Pick
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