Even After All This Time - A Story of Love, Revolution, and Leaving Iran

Growing up in Tehran in the 1970s, Afschineh Latifi, her sister and her two brothers enjoyed a life of luxury and privilege. Their father had worked his way out of poverty to become a colonel in the Shah''s army, and their mother, a woman of equally modest roots, had made a career for herself as a respected schoolteacher. But in February, 1979, Colonel Latifi was arrested by members of the newly installed Khomeini regime, and executed. Fearing for the safety of her children, Mrs. Latifi made the agonizing decision to send her daughters, ages ten and eleven, to the West. Out on their own, Afschineh and her sister Afsaneh were forced to become strong young women while they were still children. Even After All This Time is a story of war and terror, of heartbreak and unshakeable hope. Born in Tehran in 1969, Afschineh Latifi is an attorney living in New York City. This is her first book. ''Wonderful ... a remarkable, resonating tale.'' - Publishers Weekly

Product details

• Authors: Afschineh Latifi, Afschineh/ Fenjves Latifi
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.2006
• EAN: 9780060745349
• ISBN: 978-0-06-074534-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; HISTORY: WORLD, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, HISTORY: Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: General, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Islamic Studies, HISTORY: Middle East / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Women's Studies, WOMEN'S STUDIES: POLITICAL SCIENCE, HISTORY: MIDDLE EAST, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Emigration & Immigration