Even After All This Time: A Story of Love, Revolution and Leaving Iran - Softcover

Latifi Afschineh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904132685 ISBN 13: 9781904132684

Publisher: Fusion Press, 2005

Synopsis

At the age of ten, a young Iranian girl witnesses the horror of her father's execution and escapes the revolution with her sister. Growing up in Tehran in the 1970s, Afschineh Latifi and her sister and two brothers enjoyed a life of luxury and privilege. Their father, a self-made man, had worked his way up from nothing to become a colonel in the Shah's army, and their mother, a woman of equally modest roots, had made a career for herself as a respected schoolteacher. But in February, 1979, Colonel Latifi was arrested by members of the newly installed Khomeini regime, and publicly pilloried as an "Enemy of God." Some months later, after having been shunted from one prison cell to another, and without benefit of a legitimate trial, Colonel Latifi was summarily executed. Fearing for the safety of her children, Mrs. Latifi made a wrenching decision: to send her daughters, ages ten and eleven, to the west, splitting up the family until they could safely reunite. Out on their own, Afschineh and her sister, Afsaneh, were forced to become strong young women before they'd even had a childhood. Even After All This Time is a story of hope and heartache, a story of a family torn apart for six harrowing years, and finally coming together to rebuild in America. In the richly evocative tradition of the bestselling Reading Lolita in Tehran, this is a story of a family that had the courage to dream impossible dreams and to make them come true against impossible odds.

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Review

"Inspring." -- Daily News

"Wonderful. a remarkable, resonating tale." -- Publishers Weekly

"Well-written." -- Entertainment Weekly

"A hard-to-put-down book." -- Library Journal (starred review)

"[A] compelling testament to the dauntless nature of the human spirit."--Booklist

"Well-written."--Entertainment Weekly

"Inspring."--Daily News

"A hard-to-put-down book."--Library Journal (starred review)

"Wonderful... a remarkable, resonating tale."--Publishers Weekly

Wonderful a remarkable, resonating tale. --Publishers Weekly"

Synopsis

The true story of a young woman, who lived a life of luxury and privilege until her father was executed and she was forced to flee her country. Details the physical, emotional and financial consequences of emigration. Casts new light on the regime of Iran. A universal story of love. In 1979, Afschineh Latifi's father was executed by members of the newly installed Khomeni regime and her life of luxury and privilege came to an end. Here is a story of a family torn apart by tragedy and reunited through the resolve of an extraordinary mother. Fearing for their safety, Mrs Latifi made the gut-wrenching decision to send her daughters away to school in Austria and then America. Grappling with unknown cultures and languages, Afschineh and her sister were forced into strength and maturity beyond their years. Meanwhile, in Iran, their brave mother surmounted unthinkable obstacles to bring the family back together to build a new life. A memoir of loss, hope and determination, Even After All This Time is also a love letter to a mother.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fusion Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904132685
• ISBN 13: 9781904132684
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320