This is a wonderful memoir. I really enjoyed this. From Publishers Weekly: "This book transcends categorization as memoir, literary criticism or social history, though it is superb as all three."

Newsday says this "reminds us of why we read in the first place." Bookmarks says, "Family history is almost always messy. When tangled up with revolution, it can get downright chaotic." From Publishers Weekly: "Nafisi follows up the internationally acclaimed Reading Lolita in Tehran with another memoir, concentrating this time on her unhappy family life. Nafisi grew up determined to become the woman [my mother] claimed she had wanted to be, but an adolescent education in England and an impulsive first marriage (followed by college in the U.S.) did not bring the happiness she sought." Add Audible narration for $8.99.