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The Last Days Of Café Leila Fiction. The Last Days of Café Leila. Donia Bijan — ISBN "A glorious treat awaits you at the literary table of Donia Bijan." —Adriana Trigiani Set against the backdrop of Iran's rich, turbulent history, this exquisite debut novel is a powerful story of food, family, and a. The Last Days of Café Leila Donia Bijan. × Close. Description "A glorious treat awaits you at the literary table of Donia Bijan." —Adriana Trigiani Set against the backdrop of Iran's rich, turbulent history, this exquisite debut novel is a powerful story of food, family, and a bittersweet homecoming. Donia Bijan is the author of the novel The Last Days of Café Leila and the memoir Maman's Homesick Pie. She graduated from UC Berkeley and Le Cordon Bleu. After presiding over many of San Francisco's acclaimed restaurants and earning awards for her French-inspired cuisine, in she opened her own restaurant, L'amie Donia, in Palo Alto.
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