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Fantastic book. Beautiful story of women’s friendships and strength in the face of oppression. I liked the book from the start but it just got better and better.
Halfway through, I was unconvinced. It felt like a nice but unremarkable tale of friendship. The political and social upheaval in Iran at the time seemed to be little more than a watercolour backdrop to a coming-of-age story. But the story shifts and grows, as do the protagonists, and as we hear it from more perspectives, the full picture develops into a hyperreal memory.
It is melancholy and hard-hitting without being gratuitous. It conveys a feeling of life growing up in Tehran in the 1960s, 19 ...more
It is melancholy and hard-hitting without being gratuitous. It conveys a feeling of life growing up in Tehran in the 1960s, 19 ...more
Jan 17, 2025
Cheryl2u
marked it as to-read
Feb 24, 2025
Alexandra
marked it as to-read
