Silenced Whispers by Afarin O. Bellisario Paperback Book

Description: Silenced Whispers by Afarin O. Bellisario, Adam Hays While other Iranian girls of the early twentieth century cook, sew, and hope for marriage, Gohar climbs trees, reads books, plays tar, and dreams of escaping her forsaken desert town. But when her forbidden correspondence with a non- Muslim boy is discovered, fear of banishment forces the fatherless Gohar to welcome the protection of Saleh Mirza, a powerful nobleman. At 14, she marries his choice of husband, a 55-year-old politician expecting to enter her marital home in a white chador and leave it in a white shroud.But fate takes her to Tehran, where she is dazzled by the electric lights and gramophones but appalled by the misery, poverty, corruption, and foreign meddling. Endangering her life and marriage, she joins the reformists, while secretly idolizing Aslan, a mysterious Russian allied with the Iranian nationalists.Then Russia invades northern Iran, and the country erupts. In the chaos of war, does a married Iranian Muslim have a future with a Russian Christian hunted by his own government?Silenced Whispers tells the story of an Iranian womans battle for freedom-hers and her countrys-and love amid profound social change and imperial power grabs. Vividly portraying life in Iran at the dawn of the twentieth century, the book is inspired by the authors upbringing in an Azeri family in Tehran and her Russian great-grandfather. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Details ISBN Author Adam Hays Publisher Transtrategy Year 2024 ISBN-13 9798990004412 Format Paperback Imprint Transtrategy Audience General Pages 360 Publication Date 2024-04-29 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159776329;

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