Farifteh V. Robb

I love writing and I'm delighted to have published my first book - it's the story of my unusual background, and how, despite many obstacles, I finally found UNEXPECTED GRACE.

In spite of wanting a quiet life, circumstances catapulted me into the maelstrom of a revolution, religious conversion, and also unexpectedly falling in love with the man of my dreams. Survival depended on my adopting a different nationality, switching my career to a new discipline, and ultimate reconciliation of a great cultural divide.

I was born in Switzerland of Iranian parents and raised in a family that values the preservation of our Persian and Muslim heritage while living in Europe as it entered the swinging sixties. It meant having to adjust to a very different lifestyle back in my parents' homeland: Iran.

In UNEXPECTED GRACE I describe the experience of being a foreign student in England in the 1970s, relate some terrifying ordeals in Iran during the Islamic revolution, give insights into becoming a Christian during this difficult time, and relate how I subsequently relocated to the UK reinventing myself as a mature student nurse.

Enjoy reading about my struggle to establish a meaningful,identity, and ultimately finding peace while straddling two cultures... See for yourself how it all worked out for me in my LIFE IN TWO WORLDS.