Author: Nafisi Azar
Format: PB
ISBN: 9780434014040

Azar Nafisi, author of the international bestseller 'Reading Lolita in Tehran', now gives us a stunning personal story of growing up in Iran, memories of her life lived in thrall to a powerful and complex mother, against the background 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 political upheaval - these and other threads are woven together in this beautiful memoir.

Reaching back in time to reflect on other generations in the Nafisi family, 'Things I've Been Silent About' is also a powerful historical portrait of a family that spans the many periods of change leading up to the Islamic Revolution of 1978-79.  It is, finally, a deeply personal reflection on women's choices, and on how Azar Nafisi found the inspiration for a different kind of life.  This unforgettable portrait of a woman, a family, and a troubled homeland is a stunning book tha treaders will embrace, a new triumph from an author who is a modern master of the memoir.