Little Halwa and A Big Family, A Short Stories Recipes are arranged seasonally

Recipes are arranged seasonally

John's and England to his rapid rise in politics in the 1880s and '90s and his time as prime minister in the first decade of the twentieth century

fall in love and yet choose to be apart

In elegant prose teeming with reverence for the natural world and all it offers us

revealing the skeleton of a man half-buried in its sandy bed

Little Halwa and A Big Family, A Short Stories Recipes are arranged seasonallyPapa wants a treat of halwa, but Mama doesn't have the ingredients to make enough for their whole big family. Little Malala overhears their secret plan for a late night treat and tells her six brothers and sistersthen the fun begins. Where have Mama's matches for the stove gone? And where could the sugar be? Who's behind the mysterious disappearances from the kitchen? This delightful Afghan story is full of laughter, surprises, and the joy of sharing.