The Saffron Kitchen by Yasmin Crowther

This book is a portrait of betrayal and retribution set against a backdrop of Iran's tumultuous history, dramatic landscapes, and cultural beauty. The story begins on a blustery day in London, when Maryam Mazar's dark secrets and troubled past surface violently with tragic consequences for her pregnant daughter, Sara. Burdened by guilt, Maryam leaves her comfortable English home for the remote village in Iran where she was raised and disowned by her father. When Sara decides to follow her, she learns the price that her mother had to pay for her freedom and of the love she left behind.
The Saffron Kitchen is about the connection between mothers and daughters, roots and exile, our first love and the power of family bonds.Of course its also a political story, full of grief, turmoil and misunderstandings between continents.
This book is rich in emotion and written so well that these people become real. At times I wanted to shake them and ask what the heck they were doing! Good read.