Pomegranate Soup

The moment I picked it up, it reminded me of Chocolat. And that comparison holds true–although there's more & darker backstory in this tale, for sure. There's also a lot of “head-hopping,” switching points of view, sometimes to side characters only tangentially related to the plot. Because of that and all the backstory, I had a hard time getting into the story at first. After that, though, I was able to settle in and enjoy how everything turned out.