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Things I've Been Silent About: Memories of a Prodigal Daughter

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Very engaging book to read. Finished it in one day while on holidays. Honest and interesting approach to hearing how Iran really operates.

An interesting memoir by Azar Nafisi about growing up in the country of Iran. Her mother was a complex and complicated person disappointed in her own dreams of leading a romantic and important life, often creating fictional stories she told to her children which she had come to believe herself. These fictionalized stories were not only about her past, but also of her children and her family.

Nafisi's father was a different type of person, often mesmerizing his children with classic tales like the "Persian Book of Kings" and others. However, her father began to see other women and Nafisi kept this to herself but she didn't like keeping secrets from her mother.

This novel not only tells the tale of a family but that of a powerful history during the Islamic Revolution of 1978-79, which turned the country into a religious dictatorship.

This is a deeply personal account of one woman's choices, and how she found the inspiration to make a better life for herself.