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A book about the complexities of parents' experiences and choices forever impacting their children. Told during and after the Iran/Iraq war and inspired by the author's life, this novel sheds light on atrocities usually kept in the dark.

The first few pages were wonderfully written and they promised a lot but the rest of the book didn't come through. I was disappointed because I so wanted this to be good. It was a nice read though. I think this was the first time I read a book set in Iran.

This book just randomly changed in the middle. The beginning was very interesting. Brought to mind Jean Sasson and Khaled Hosseini but something happened in the middle part of the book that I can not quite explain. It's like the writer switched. Also I think this book has too many characters. It is very difficult to follow who is who's aunt, child, mother or father when the story jumps between people, time and place so often.

Reading this I get a very Khaled Hosseini feeling. I love his books. I think his books are a bit more poetic than this but on the other hand this book benefits a lot being written by a woman. A woman's perspective is feeling very real in this book.

One of the strongest book beginnings ever. The reader gets to breathe for the first time in the page 22.