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Lynne
Feb 11, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: audiobooks, middle-near-east-fact-fiction
The characters in this novel are wonderfully complex. I love the portrayal of the women.It was hard for me to read of the brutality of the Iranian prisons so the book was not strictly speaking enjoyable.

I did find the scenes with the son in New York an unwelcome distraction. I would love an entire book describing his life, but the scenes felt unfinished to me.

I loved the suspenseful ending.
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Toni
Mar 30, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: historical-fiction, multi-cultural, iran
This is such a lovely, beautifully written book. Yes, there is horrific brutality and senseless cruelty, but the love and dignity of the main characters shines through it all.
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Maude
Apr 27, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: historical-fiction, iran, incarceration
Until I started reading this book, I had not thought of the Iranian revolution for many years, and, in fact, remembered very little about it. This story follows a Jewish family where the father, Isaac Amin, is arrested and accused of being a spy. He is tortured and treated cruelly under the new regieme. Eventually, he is released and the family flees Iran.

This is Ms. Sofer's first book and is Notable Book of the Year, and well deserved. ...more
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Beth
Dec 23, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Beautiful and tragic.

This book, capturing the lives of Jewish family members separated by the jails of the Iranian Revolution and study in the US, is a beautiful testament to resilience.
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Wendy
Feb 29, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: middle-east, fiction, judaism, 2008
Sara
Jan 04, 2009 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2010, persia, jews
Clara
Mar 14, 2009 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: middle-east
Ching-In
Jul 13, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Marieke
Aug 07, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Simba
Jun 14, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
KayG
Oct 21, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 1-kindle
Sarah
Dec 21, 2011 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Nina
Jan 11, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Miranda
Oct 20, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Angela
Feb 16, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Tanya
Dec 23, 2013 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Rusalka
May 23, 2014 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Adrienne
Jan 27, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Mary
Sep 19, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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