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 ...
Hello everyone! Welcome Back to Pages! It's been almost a year since I last wrote a post and it's kind of shocking. I didn't notice how much time has passed since then and it's kind of tragic for a book-lover like myself to have not read for so long. Thank you all for not unfollowing me (I still have over 500 readers!) I hope I don't disappoint this time around! As it's only fair, I'll attempt to explain my absence. As a Chemistry major taking a full load of science classes, along with advanced mathematics and other courses, it's been difficult to make time to read. Because of my mild depression, that sometimes swings into full blow like now, I found it easier to just watch films or movies instead of applying myself to read. It's true that when one is depressed, she finds it hard to enjoy the things she once loved. I was never much of a film buff growing up, it was always about the books. Yet somehow, I've turned a full 180 and I've realised ...
