Mahboubeh stands in the middle of the grass, and wonders if the house before her might be her home. A gentle breeze passes, and the leaves on the trees rustle with their own music, and the flowers shake pollen onto their petals, and the grass ripples beneath her feet. Mahboubeh closes her eyes, and allows that unseen hand to touch her skin, to brush the hair away from her face.
Acknowledgments
I am indebted to Megan Lynch, Leigh Feldman, Elizabeth George, Robert Eversz, Hedgebrook and Amy Wheeler, PEN, Ron Rosenbaum, Dr. Loretta Kane, Shirin Galili, Dr. Haleh Massey, Christopher Massey, the elders of my family, my aunt, my husband, and above all, my mother, who teaches me courage by the way she lives.
About the Author
PARNAZ FOROUTAN was born in Iran and spent her early childhood there. She received PEN Center USA’s Emerging Voices Fellowship for this novel, which was inspired by her own family history. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters.
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Cover design by Sara Wood
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Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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