The Garnet Bunches
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Gunel is a young, truly loving, and devoted Azerbaijani woman. As a result of a drastic transformation of life circumstances, Gunel and her family, her husband, and their two little children need to immigrate to the United States. They are being persecuted by the corrupt judicial system of their country.
They have to fight against injustice. Powerful people are closely watching the bowls of the scale in Themis’s hands and making the decision in favor of the side in which the amount of money outweighs the evidence.
Courageously, this young family goes through the labyrinth of life. Now, walking with her friend along the path of Central Park in New York, Gunel remembers the hard journey on the way to long-awaited happiness. Colorfully telling about oriental customs, Gunel remembers her complicated life story and the life story of her great-grandmother, who lived with her family in the last century. Thus, the author draws parallels between past and present life in Azerbaijan.
About the Author
Zeynab Salimova was born and raised in Baku, Azerbaijan. Ms. Salimova and her family were destined to leave their homeland and settle in New York.
Back home in Baku, Ms. Salimova published several collections of lyrical poems and in 2006 she became a member of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers. When she moved to the United States she started experiencing the feelings of nostalgia for her homeland. Along with the nostalgia she was plunged into the new life in the United States that was, in the beginning, challenging, but at the same time, interesting, absorbing and fascinating. All those sundry feelings and emotions pushed her to write her first novel The Garnet Bunches. The novel was published in 2017, in English and Russian languages, in the United States and Russia. After The Garnet Bunches Ms. Salimova, inspired by her children, decided to write a children’s book Up to Miracles: A Stone’s Throw from a Fairy Tale. The children’s book was published in English and Russian languages in the United States and Russia, in 2018.
Depending on the inspiration the author writes poetry and prose. Zeynab Salimova holds Ph.D. and MBA degrees and is a member of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers.