book info: on sale: now copy from: public library pages: 348 review written: 21.12.17 originally published: 2009 edition read: Penguin NAL 2009 title: Rooftops of Tehran author: Mahbod Seraji 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. He also hides a secret love for his beautiful neighbor Zari, who has been betrothed since birth to another man. 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. The violent consequences awaken him to the reality of living under a powerful despot, and lead Zari to make a shocking choice... my thoughts: This book was first published in 2009 and I remember adding it to my list around that time but never actually reading it since I preferred checking out library books to ...
A reminder that my flash giveaway of a copy of The Second Empress by Michelle Moran is still running up until tonight at 12!
And shock that a surprising number of winners I've e-mailed for my 600 follower giveaways haven't responded in a week...hmm...I've sent out e-mails to new winners so hopefully I can get these prizes out of my hands!
And shock that a surprising number of winners I've e-mailed for my 600 follower giveaways haven't responded in a week...hmm...I've sent out e-mails to new winners so hopefully I can get these prizes out of my hands!
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