This story makes me want to read up on the more recent history of Iran, which I will do, but the story itself was okay. I'm not sure what bothers me about it yet, other than the amount of pages the protagonist cried on. There were several moments of beautiful writing sprinkled throughout, perfect...
This is the story of two young women who become friends when they are 16 year old school girls in Iran, in 1968. It was a time when the country was ruled by the Shah, but the political climate was rapidly changing, and young people at that time got caught up in the events.Roya comes from a wealth...