{"product_id":"9780812973907","title":"Things I've Been Silent About","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Absorbing . . . a testament to the ways in which narrative truth-telling—from the greatest works of literature to the most intimate family stories—sustains and strengthens us.”—\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this stunning personal story of growing up in Iran, Azar Nafisi shares her memories of living in thrall to a powerful and complex mother against the backdrop of a country’s political revolution. A girl’s pain over family secrets, a young woman’s discovery of the power of sensuality in literature, the price a family pays for freedom in a country beset by upheaval—these and other threads are woven together in this beautiful memoir as a gifted storyteller once again transforms the way we see the world and “reminds us of why we read in the first place” (Newsday).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThings I've Been Silent About\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Deeply felt . . . an affecting account of a family’s struggle.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A gifted storyteller with a mastery of Western literature, Nafisi knows how to use language both to settle scores and to seduce.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “An immensely rewarding and beautifully written act of courage, by turns amusing, tender and obsessively dogged.”\u003cb\u003e—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A lyrical, often wrenching memoir.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeople \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Azar Nafisi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":56809439035552,"sku":"9780812973907","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_041798c4-5886-4cdd-872c-08e67faa806a.jpg?v=1773094086","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780812973907","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}