Description
| Product ID: | 9781542004497 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | They Said They Wanted Revolution |
| Subtitle: | A Memoir of My Parents |
| Authors: | Author: Neda Toloui-Semnani |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Autobiography: general, Autobiography: general, Memoirs, Middle Eastern history, Gender studies: women and girls, Memoirs, Middle Eastern history, Gender studies: women, Iran |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating From a daughter of Iranian revolutionaries, activists, immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers comes a gripping and emotional memoir of family and the tumultuous history of two nations. In 1979, Neda Toloui-Semnani’s parents left the United States for Iran to join the revolution. But the promise of those early heady days in Tehran was warped by the rise of the Islamic Republic. With the new regime came international isolation, cultural devastation, and profound personal loss for Neda. Her father was arrested and her mother was forced to make a desperate escape, pregnant and with Neda in tow. Conflicted about her parents’ choices for years, Neda realized that to move forward, she had to face the past head-on. Through extensive reporting, journals, and detailed interviews, Neda untangles decades of history in a search for answers. Both an epic family drama and a timely true-life political thriller, They Said They Wanted Revolution illuminates the costs of righteous activism across generations. |
| Imprint Name: | Little A |
| Publisher Name: | Amazon Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-02-01 |
