Azar Nafisi

Things I've Been Silent About: Memories of a Prodigal Daughter Azar Nafisi Reprint edition

In this stunning personal story of growing up in Iran, Azar Nafisi shares her memories of living in thrall to a powerful and complex mother against the backdrop of a country?s political revolution. A girl?s pain over family secrets, a young woman?s discovery of the power of sensuality in literature, the price a family pays for freedom in a country beset by upheaval?these and other threads are woven together in this beautiful memoir as a gifted storyteller once again transforms the way we see the world and ?reminds us of why we read in the first place? (Newsday).