Saffron Dreams is a tale of love, tragedy, and redemption from the award-winning author of Beyond the Cayenne Wall...You don't know you're a misfit until you are marked as an outcast.From the darkest hour of American history emerges amesmerizing tale of tender love, a life interrupted, and faithrecovered. Arissa Illahi, a Muslim artist and writer, discovers in asingle moment that no matter how carefully you map your life,it is life itself that chooses your destiny. After her husband's deathin the collapse of the World Trade Center, the discovery of hismanuscript marks Arissa's reconnection to life. Her unborn sonand the unfinished novel fuse in her mind into one life-definingproject that becomes, at once, the struggle for her emotionalsurvival and the redemption of her race. Saffron Dreams is anovel about our ever evolving identities and the events and placesthat shape them. It reminds us that in the midst of tragedy, ourdreams can become a lasting legacy. The Academic edition of Saffron Dreams includes an Instructor's Manual containing discussion topics and questions for each chapter. Educators can use this manual in their classrooms to stimulate critical thinking, explore key themes of the novel, and brainstorm decisions and actions of the characters at various points. This edition also contains a suggested reading list, glossary, and recipes of dishes mentioned in the novelAbout the AuthorShaila Abdullah is a Pakistani-American author and designer based...