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The award-winning Iranian-Afghan writer Aliyeh Ataei movingly recounts her family's story—and the quiet rebellion of women. 'Masterful stories from one of Iran's most important voices. These stories tell of what the international press cannot report.' Taher Ben Jelloun, Le Point. As a child, Aliyeh Ataei and her family fled Kabul for southern Iran to escape the Soviet occupiers. A life in exile, in a foreign land, began, which would eventually lead her to Tehran as a young woman. In nine stories spanning thirty years, Aliyeh Ataei delves into her own history and that of her family. She tells of the early death of her father, scarred by flight and war, and of the loss of the young man who remained her great love.

And she tells of women who silently rebel. Of Malalai, who is attacked in the street in Tehran. Of Mahboubeh, who is suspected of sympathizing with the communists. Or of Anar, who once studied English in Kabul and lived in London for many years. But when she returns to her homeland, the Taliban are in power, and all the ease of life has vanished.

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