Publisher's Synopsis
Alley of Scented Roses is a captivating women's fiction. It tells the inspiring story of Mitra Johnson, a talented and accomplished young writer residing in New York with her husband, Benjamin, a skilled web designer. Despite her success, Mitra has struggled to complete her dream novel for the past two years. When she returns to Melbourne to attend the extravagant wedding of her childhood friend Rana, she tries to ignore that she has two daunting problems: her husband has left her, and due to severe writer's block, not a page of her dream book is completed.
In Melbourne, Mitra is immersed in the world of her Iranian mother, Noosha, who owns the Alley of Scented Roses, a lively and vibrant flower shop and rose garden in Dandenong. Noosha is determined to discover the perfect recipe for a unique Persian rose attar. As Mitra reconnects with Rana, she becomes embroiled in a scandalous plot to rescue her friend from an unwanted marriage, altering the course of Rana's ostentatious Persian wedding. Soon, in a renewed flow of creativity, she manifests a novel, not the one she had dreamed of, but the lyrical, allusive Alley of Scented Roses.
