Late for tea at the Deer Palace
Subtitle: the lost dreams of my Iraqi family
By: Tamara Chalabi
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780061240393
Subjects: Social conditions; Family; Biography; History
Description: Relates the author's entrance into Iraq in 2003, ten days after the fall of Baghdad, to investigate the rich history of her family, who held a privileged place in Iraqi society until the 1950s, when they were forced to flee.
Notes: "First published in Great Britain in 2010 by HarperPress"--T.p. verso.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Fallen pomegranates. December 2007 ; November 1999, Beirut; title: Replanting Eden. September 2005 ; October 2006; title: A dangerous garden. May 1993 ; February 2005, Sadr City; title: Fields of wilderness. December 2007 ; 30 January 2005, election day in Baghdad.