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In the Walled Gardens

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"Though they have not seen each other in twenty years, the moment that Reza lays eyes on Mahastee at a concert of classical Persian music in the gardens of Bagh Ferdaus, he knows it is she. But the love they shared as children, climbing the plum trees around Mahastee's country home, is not so simple anymore. Married to a man she has grown to despise, Mahastee feels trapped by the privileged society she has grown up in. Reza, whose father once worked for Mahastee's aristocratic family, has become a revolutionary, leading clandestine meetings in the shadowy underworld of Tehran." The disappearance of a friend's son leads Mahastee out of the safety of her world and into the dangerous currents running through Tehran. When she learns the truth about the missing boy, she glimpses for the first time the violence that underpins her life. As Mahastee's volatile love for Reza gains momentum, the political situation becomes even more explosive, driving Reza further underground and leading Mahastee to a moment of truth and decision - from which she can never return.
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    • I always wondered why I had to grow up outside of Iran, my country....I have my answer now.
      by Anonymous

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      September 12, 2002: I just finished the book and I cried reading it and I cried hysterically after I finished. I cant believe I couldnt stop reading it, it was like living in that era and I didnt want to come out of it until I understood everything. Im a child of the revolution, I never saw the past Iran and always thought todays Iran had some how always been like this....but now I understand the complaints of westernizing. I had read all the facts about the history of Iran and taken classes at the university... but this book took those facts and made it a life story and made it real for me. I wondered for so long why my parents left Iran, why so many of us are lingering out of place... I knew the facts but I didnt understand the story, now I know. This book has further empowered my desire and vision to move back to Iran to recreate and start a new life for a new generation. Although, I didnt agree with the political thought in the book, the story was still very meaningful and enriched with a powerful perspective which I would have never captured anywhere else. Technically speaking, I found many words which I had never heard, at times handicapping my ability to understand some details. And without giving the story away, I really wished for a happier ending for the two, and I had to recreate the story that way for myself so that I can sleep tonight. Thank you Ms. Firouz for lighting another fuse of hope in me and giving me some way of understanding the story behind the facts.

    • 2 years ago
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