Many thanks to NetGalley, Mariner Books, and the author for the opportunity to read this powerful debut book - 4.5 stars!
Nahid and her boyfriend, Masood, are 18 year olds starting out at university with bright futures. But they join the revolution to overthrow the Shah's regime. It's all exciting and clandestine, until the night that Nahid brings her younger sister along to a huge demonstration. Then nothing will ever be right. The young couple are scared for their lives and flee to Sweden.
Now 55 and newly diagnosed with cancer, Nahid is angry, lonely, mean to those around her, full of regrets and feeling like no one can understand what she's been through, and why she feels like she doesn't belong anywhere Not always likable, Nahid's story will pull at your emotions.
Highly recommended!
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