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 ...
Hi everyone! Another fantastic author has stopped by, and she's written Shadows Cast by Stars . Even though it's set two hundred years in the future, the story takes place in a rustic, Old fashioned place full of magic and mythology. I'd like to welcome Catherine Knutsson to Pages! She's really friendly and easygoing, so I've definitely enjoyed this interview! I hope you do :) 1. First off, what was your inspiration for Shadows Cast By Stars? Blood being a commodity is really an intriguing idea, as is “blood harvesting” ~shudder~ When I started writing what would become SHADOWS CAST BY STARS, I thought I was going to be writing a retelling of the legend of King Arthur, but it didn't take me too long to realize that wasn't what the story wanted to be. I'm not entirely sure how the leap from King Arthur to a Métis girl living in the future happened (oh, the mysteries of the subconscious!), but I do know that the blood element arrived after a v...
