{"product_id":"chopping-onions-on-my-heart-on-losing-and-preserving-culture-by-samantha-ellis","title":"Chopping Onions on My Heart: On Losing and Preserving Culture – by Samantha Ellis","description":"\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003eChatto \u0026amp; Windus (3 April 2025)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLanguage ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHardcover ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e288 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e9781784745028\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDimensions ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e22.5 x 2.8 x 14.7 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'An optimistic and wryly funny book... rich with insights' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I couldn’t put it down’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRUKMINI IYER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘I loved this book so much... Think: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Body Keeps the Score\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein practice not theory’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eELLA RISBRIDGER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSamantha’s mother tongue is dying out. An urgent need to find out more becomes an expansive investigation into how to keep hold of her culture – and when to let it go\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe daughter of Iraqi Jewish refugees, Samantha grew up surrounded by the noisy, vivid, hot sounds of Judeo-Iraqi Arabic. A language that’s now on the verge of extinction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe realisation that she won’t be able to tell her son he’s ‘living in the days of the aubergines’ or ‘chopping onions on my heart’ opens the floodgates. The questions keep coming. How can she pass on the stories without passing on the trauma of displacement? Will her son ever love mango pickle?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her search for answers Samantha encounters demon bowls, the perils of kohl and the unexpected joys of fusion food. Her journey transports us from the clamour of Noah’s Ark to the calm of the British Museum, from the Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages to the banks of the River Tigris. As Samantha considers what we lose and keep, she also asks what we might need to let go of to preserve our culture and ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis is a life-affirming memoir about resilience and repair, and the healing power of dancing to our ancestors’ music, cooking up their recipes and sharing their stories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A moving and resonant lament for the past but also a thought-provoking siren call for the future' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eANNE SEBBA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Urgent, alive, propulsive. I adored it' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMARINA BENJAMIN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fergiani Bookshop \/ مكتبة الفرجاني","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51733325644107,"sku":"","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1788\/7307\/files\/Screenshot2025-04-28132728.png?v=1745843402","url":"https:\/\/fergianibooks.com\/fr\/products\/chopping-onions-on-my-heart-on-losing-and-preserving-culture-by-samantha-ellis","provider":"Fergiani Bookshop \/ مكتبة الفرجاني","version":"1.0","type":"link"}