New book from Asquith author

Asquith author Cecile Yazbek will bring her latest book to Turramurra Library next week.

Asquith author Cecile Yazbek will bring her latest book to Turramurra Library next week.

Set mainly in Cape Town, Faces in the Forest follows two Lebanese sisters reminiscing about their family’s early life during South Africa in the 1970s.

While the book is a work of fiction, Yazbek was born into a Lebanese family in South Africa and lived in Cape Town in the 1970s.

Faces in the Forest marks Yazbek’s fourth book, with previous works including memoir Olive trees around my table — growing up Lebanese in the old South Africa, and Mezze to Milk Tart — From the Middle East to Africa in my Vegetarian Kitchen.

Yazbek will hold an author talk for Faces in the Forest at Turramurra Library on Ray St on Tuesday, August 21 at 10am.

Tickets cost $5 and can be booked online or by calling 9424 0480.