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Always Carry Salt: A Memoir of Preserving Language and Culture
By Ellis, Samantha
- ISBN
- 9798897100286
- Publisher
- Pegasus
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Reviewed on November 1, 2025 | Social Sciences
Ellis (How To Be a Heroine) grew up in London in a family of Iraqi Jewish descent, listening as her mother and grandmother spoke in Judeo-Iraqi Arabic and absorbing expressions such as "living in the days of aubergines" to describe an upside-down world. As an adult, however, she regrets that she doesn't know enough about her mother tongue to pass it on to...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
