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Generations of Struggle in Iran

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Book: Children of the Jacaranda Tree by Sahar Delijani (NEW Summer 2013)

This is a prison story, a story of generations repressed and rebelling and being punished both by the regime and by their own internal struggles. It is the story of parents and children and family secrets.  It is the kind of story that can only be told by witnesses–or those to whom the witnesses first tell their stories. Continue reading Generations of Struggle in Iran