‘Explores the darkness and hope of a city on the brink of revolution. ‘Warm-hearted, compelling, hugely enjoyable’ Times ‘Leaves you simultaneously heartbroken and full of hope’ Sunday Times Read an Excerpt PROLOGUE 1953 Mehri opened her eyes. Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in the Vancouver Observer and Prairie Fire magazine. ‘Sweeping, cinematic and oh-so-gripping’ Sunday Telegraph Nazanine Hozar was born in Tehran, Iran, and lives in British Columbia, Canada. And then, just as the political turmoil in the country deepens, Aria falls in love with a boy caught on the wrong side of the revolution. As Aria grows she is torn between the three women fated to mother her: the harsh wife of the man who rescued her a wealthy widow, who offers her refuge but cannot offer her love and the mysterious Mehri, whose secrets will shatter everything Aria thought she knew about herself. In an alleyway an abandoned baby cries into the night, attracting the attention of the young man who will save her.Īnd so begins the story of Aria, an orphan girl who comes of age on the volatile streets. SKU: 9780241417904 Category: FICTION HARDBACK Tag: Nazanine Hozar Penguin Books Ltd 0241417902 F H. a Doctor Zhivago of Iran’ Margaret Atwoodġ950s Tehran. ‘A sweeping saga about the Iranian revolution as it explodes.
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