The Monk of Mokha

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A gripping, triumphant adventure (Los Angeles Times) from the bestselling author of The Circlethe incredible true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sanaa by civil war. Mokhtar Alkhanshali is twenty-four and working as a doorman when he discovers the astonishing history of coffee and Yemens central place in it. He leaves San Francisco and travels deep into his ancestral homeland to tour terraced farms high in the countrys rugged mountains and meet beleaguered but determined farmers. But when war engulfs the country and Saudi bombs rain down, Mokhtar has to find a way out of Yemen without sacrificing his dreams or abandoning his people.