Apricots on the Nile

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Colette recalls her grandmother as matchmaker - and the role of women in her family.

The author recalls how her grandmother acted as matchmaker - and the role of women in her family. Read by Barbara Flynn.

Colette Rossant recalls how her grandmother acted as matchmaker - and the role of women in her family. 

Published in 2001, 'Apricots on the Nile', subtitled 'A Memoir with Recipes' is a collection of the author Colette Rossant's recollections. 

In 1937, five-year-old Colette arrived in Cairo from Paris with her Egyptian-Jewish father and beautiful French mother. When her father died, Colette's mother abandoned her daughter to the care of her wealthy grandparents. She soon settled into their luxuriant, food-centred lifestyle. 

The memoir, accompanied by mouth-watering description of dishes, evokes old world Egypt. 

Abridged by Katrin Williams. 

Read by Barbara Flynn.

Producer: Liz Allard

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.

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Barbara Flynn reads from Colette Rossant's culinary recollections of 1940s Egypt

Barbara Flynn reads from Colette Rossant's culinary recollections of an exotic lifestyle in Egypt during the Second World War

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