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Always carry salt a memoir of preserving language and culture

A life-affirming memoir about resilience, language, and the healing power of our ancestor's music, stories, and recipes.

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Main Author:	Ellis, Samantha (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2026.
Edition:	First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Subjects:	Ellis, Samantha. Ellis, Samantha > Family. Jews, Iraqi > Social life and customs. Judeo-Iraqi Arabic language. Judeo-Arabic language > Iraq. Endangered languages > Iraq. Autobiographies. Biographies.
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Summary:	A life-affirming memoir about resilience, language, and the healing power of our ancestor's music, stories, and recipes.
Item Description:	First published in 2025 in England as Chopping onions on my heart.
Physical Description:	270 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9798897100286
Author Notes:	The daughter of Iraqi-Jewish refugees, Samantha Ellis is the author of How to be a Heroine and Take Courage . Her plays include How to Date a Feminist, Cling to me Like Ivy and Operation Magic Carpet. Her journalism has appeared in the Guardian , the TLS, the Spectator , Literary Review and more. She worked on the first two Paddington films. She lives in London, where Always Carry Salt was published under the title Chopping Onions on My Heart.