Davar Ardalan

Written by my next door neighbor and read by the neighborhood book group. This book has a unique perspective -- an American young girl goes to Iran when her Iranian parents decide to return to their roots, Here she learns the culture, the history (much of it within her well-positioned family), practices the customs, then rebels as a teenager, only to return to the US to other family members. Her early adulthood is marked by culture clashes. She attends college here, has two early marriages (and divorces) and four children, and struggles with her identity. Unable to return to Iran because of divorce, she is clearly conflicted. The book group concluded there was enough material in this one book to fill four or five other books. It is interesting but over-powering in its coverage. Davar's family is truly important in the history of Iran, but one book cannot hold everything.… (más)