In this beautifully crafted weeping memoir, the author tells the heart-wrenching story of her life as a young woman in Iran during the early days of the brutal Islamic Revolution led by Ayatollah Khomeini. In January 1982 she - aged 16 - was arrested, tortured and sentenced to death for political crimes. Until then her life in Tehran had been focused on school, summer parties by the lake, and her love for Andrei; That young man she met in church. But when the teaching of mathematics and history was inferior to the teaching of the Qur’an and political propaganda, Nemat announced her refusal. Then her teacher replied: She said: “If you don’t like what I say, you can leave the classroom.” It was only a blessing to leave the classroom, but what surprised her was that other students followed her.'Marina Nemat' memoir is unparalleled, written in an emotional language that exudes beauty and tenderness. Her search for emotional redemption extended to her captors, her husband, his family, and the country where she was born; And she gave them all the best gift' of forgiveness
