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Reading and book signing, PERSIAN GIRLS, BY NAHID RACHLIN
Event: Reading and book signing, PERSIAN GIRLS, memoir,
Date and time: Friday, May 25, 7:00 P.M.
Place: D.G.Wills Books, 7461 Girard Avenue, La Jolla
Info:(858) 456-1800
PERSIAN GIRLS, (Penguin, October 2006)
In a story of ambition, oppression, hope, heartache, and sisterhood, Persian Girls traces Rachlin's coming of age in Iran under the late Shah-and her domineering father-her tangled family life, and her relationship with her older sister, and unexpected soul mate, Pari. Both girls refused to accept traditional roles prescribed for them under Muslim cultural laws. They devoured forbidden books. They had secret romances. But then things quickly changed. Pari was forced by her parents to marry a wealthy suitor, a cruel man who kept her a prisoner in her own home. After narrowly avoiding an unhappy match herself with a man her parents chose for her, Nahid came to America, where she found literary success. Back in Iran, however, Pari's dreams fell to pieces.
From: Nahid Rachlin <nahidr@rcn.com>
Posted by 7rooz () at May 25, 2007 7:00 PM
