![]() You have mentioned how difficult it was coming to terms with your sexuality as a teenager in Boston and how you hoped to write the book you wished you had found during that period. ![]() More than a story of first heartbreak, this novel takes us into the shadows of an antiquated society, giving voice to an otherwise silent demographic.īUSTLE: This is a powerful story on numerous controversial issues, not just in Iran, but across the globe. Drawing from her Iranian heritage and research into the region and it’s cultural boundaries, Farizan depicts a world rich in beauty, flavor and passion but bound by strict cultural norms and a stagnant political system. In this striking debut, Farizan explores the trials of coming to terms with homosexuality, trials she herself experienced as a teenager in Boston, Mass., in an entirely foreign context. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the months preceding the wedding of her best friend and lover, Nasrin, she finds herself trapped, both by her gender and her society’s boundaries, and is compelled to make a life-altering decision. For Sahar, the bold and brilliant protagonist in Sara Farizan’s debut novel If You Could Be Mine (Algonquin), her seventeenth year is a tumultuous one. ![]()
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