The English Harem

The English Harem is the story of Tracy Pringle who begins the book daydreaming at the checkout till of Sainsburys. Fired suddenly for watching an old lady shop lift she tries her luck as a waitress at a Persian restaurant. Her father thinks shes turned to prostitution and Sam, the restaurant owner is bewildered by the arrival of the unsuitably dressed Miss Pringle at his establishment. But Sam has problems of his own, reconciling his vegetarianism with his familys tradition of working in the butcher trade in Iran. The longer Tracy works the more involved she gets with Sam, his two wives and the complicated menu....