![]() ![]() Seraji captures the thoughts and emotions of a young boy and creates a moving portrait of the history and customs of the Persians and life in Iran." - Publisher's Weekly. "Seraji's wonderful coming-of-age story is at times funny and sweet as well as thought-provoking and heart-wrenching." - Booklist. The violent consequences awaken him to the reality of living under a powerful despot, and lead Zari to make a shocking choice. But the bliss of Pasha and Zari's stolen time together is shattered when Pasha unwittingly acts as a beacon for the Shah's secret police. He also hides a secret love for his beautiful neighbor Zari, who has been betrothed since birth to another man. In a middle-class neighborhood of Iran's sprawling capital city, 17-year-old Pasha Shahed spends the summer of 1973 on his rooftop with his best friend Ahmed, joking around one minute and asking burning questions about life the next. ![]()
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