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Loading... Persian Girls: A Memoirby Nahid Rachlin
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Well written, good and entertaining for readers of non-fiction. The story of a Persian woman born and raised in Iran who fights to become independent, understanding she must leave her home and family to do so. She spends her early childhood raised by an aunt, only to be torn away at the age of nine by her father so he can 'guide her'. She is exposed to outside influences in school and by banned books she reads. Finally her father allows her to leave Iran to study (at a woman's college where majors include home-economics). She totally breaks away to remain in America after finishing her degree, where she travels alone to New York. She marries and has a family, but cannot completly leave behind her old life. ( ) no reviews | add a review
For many years, heartache prevented Nahid Rachlin from turning her sharp novelist's eye inward: to tell the story of how her own life diverged from that of her closest confidante and beloved sister, Pari. Growing up in Iran, both refused to accept traditional Muslim mores, and dreamed of careers in literature and on the stage. Their lives changed abruptly when Pari was coerced by their father into marrying a wealthy and cruel suitor. Nahid narrowly avoided a similar fate, and instead negotiated with him to pursue her studies in America. When Nahid received the unsettling and mysterious news that Pari had died after falling down a flight of stairs, she traveled back to Iran--now under the Islamic regime--to find out what happened to her truest friend, confront her past, and evaluate what the future holds for the heartbroken in a tale of crushing sorrow, sisterhood, and ultimately, hope. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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