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VICTIM AND TORTURER MEET again, in another country, at a refugee agency. Chilling novel by an Iranian exile. A MINUS
THE MAN WHO SNAPPED HIS FINGERS
EUROPA EDITIONS
2016
Grade: A MINUS
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Iran, Novels
HEARTFELT MEMOIR OF food, family, and love in exile (in Tehran, Santa Cruz, and Paris); yummy Persian recipes!
Grade: SOLID B
MAMAN'S HOMESICK PIE: A PERSIAN HEART IN AN AMERICAN KITCHEN
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
2011
Tags: Food Writing, Iran, Iranian-American Writers, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
AN IRANIAN-AMERICAN WRITER looks at her mother’s experiences, including marriage at age 13. Moving, revelatory.
Grade: B PLUS
THE GOOD DAUGHTER: A MEMOIR OF MY MOTHER'S HIDDEN LIFE
Grand Central Publishing
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, History, Iran, Iranian-American Writers, Memoirs, Women's Issues