Enjoy For Free My Name Is Iran Originated By Davar Ardalan Accessible Via Ebook

rich culture, intellect and beauty of Iran is a breath of fresh air in view of the scare news pushed in today's news, a little hard to follow at times because she jumps around chronologically and focuses on different family members, but an interesting book for sure, i read it till i reached the middle of it and the i've stopped, . it was really boring but i used to tell myself to continue reading maybe it will change and becomes interesting, . but unfortunately it became worse so i stopped, . dont waste ur time, read another book This was an interesting book, but it wasn't the most engaging to read, I have read a lot of nonfiction and memoirs, and some are just more pageturning than others, This one was a little slow, I felt a lot of it was just her style of writing, It's very straightforward, factual, which, of course, is necessary in nonfiction, but it lacked some of the stylistic flair of other nonfiction accounts I've read This was annoyingnot very well written and disorganized.
Very interesting being that I don't know very much about Iran, Couldn't finish. Well written but needed a break from the memoir/autobiograpy rutt that I've been in so I doidn't finish it, Reading for feature article that will run on the State Department's Persian Web page, Nice memoir of a revered journalist and family friend, Insightful to Persian culture, the way reality and folklore intertwine and the tension between tradition and modernity, Davar a pioneer, really enjoyed reading! Her story is fascinating and she does an admirable job of sharing the beauty of Iran and Iranian culture, However, I lost interest several times throughout the book as her writing style became more of a recording of events than a personal memoir, This memoir is a little different from others of Iran as the writer being of mixed parentage has spent her early years in both US and Iran, Her parents also chose to leave US for Iran in thes for greater opportunities and relearning their cultural heritage, Her later years are also spent alternating between the two countries and it takes time for her to discover herself and build a career in journalism, From Follett:
A century of family tales from two beloved but divided homelands, Iran and America drawing on her remarkable personal history, Davar Ardalan brings us the lives of three generations of women and their ordeals with love, rejection, and revolution, Her American grandmother's love affair with an Iranian physician took her from New York to Iran in, Ardalan herself moved from San Francsico to rural Iran inwith her Iranian American parents who barely spoke Farsi, After her parents' divorce, Ardalan joined her father in Brookline, Massachusetts, where he had gone to make a new life however improbably, after high school, Ardalan decided to move back to an Islamic Iran.
When she arrived, she discovered a world she hardly recognized, and one which demands a nearcomplete renunciation of the freedoms she experienced in the West, In time, she and her young family make the opposite migration and discover the difficulties, however paradoxical, inherent in living a free life in America, Introspective and honest, if not occasionally selfindulgent and flighty, Save yourselfdon't crack this binding! i was expecting a lot more from this book, while i love reading about iran, i found her style jumpy, and i lacked empathy for her and her family, Ardalan waxes enthusiastic about the roots and destiny of her IranianAmerican family, Her praise of grandparents or children is lavish and heartfelt, and she has a journalist's eye for both drama and historical significance, It feels like her family tree has exceptional importance in world history, and her blend of Iranian and American cultures clearly holds enormous promise for the future, However, her many selfdiscoveries are expressed more like overwhelming feelings than articulations of insight, I was impressed how Davar managed to trace her lineal of both her grandparents in maternal and paternal side, This book, at first, failed to attract my attention, Iran has been one of my great interests among others, I may not have been there yet but i always try finding a reading materials that associated with the country but to be honest, this book would not be my first pick.
However, i'm starting to get invested little by little when Davar start telling from her soul and shared her inner struggle in this book, As most people would say, learning never stop and thats exactly what Davar did, She tried to make sense of where she belonged, her sense of direction, her vast culture and her expericence in reconnecting with her faith, This is a good book if you are in the journey of soul searching and rediscovering yourself, I'm glad i finished the book though the beginning of it is a bit slow, Anyway,from me. Ardalan is almost spectacularly enthusiastic about the roots and destiny of her IranianAmerican family, Her praise of grandparents or children is lavish and heartfelt, and she has a journalist's eye for both drama and historical significance, She maintains, with some justification, that her family tree has great importance in world history, and her blend of Iranian and American cultures clearly holds enormous promise for the future.
This is the first book I have read with insight into the history and culture of Iran, My only previous experience with Iran was back in Jr, High when we had to journal about the hostage crisis, I did enjoy the later part of the book when the author was able to relate more of the stories and impact of her great grandfather and his work, A lovely exploration of Iranian history, family, and personal identity, The story of the author's American grandmother and her journey to Iran is especially fascinating, as is the author's first hand account of Iran during the revolution, A century of family tales from

two beloved but divided homelands, Iran and America


Drawing on her remarkable personal history, NPR producer Davar Ardalan brings us the lives of three generations of women and their ordeals with love, rejection, and revolution.
Her American grandmother's love affair with an Iranian physician took her from New York to Iran in, Ardalan herself moved from San Francsico to rural Iran inwith her Iranian American parents who barely spoke Farsi, After her parents' divorce, Ardalan joined her father in Brookline, Massachusetts, where he had gone to make a new life however improbably, after high school, Ardalan decided to move back to an Islamic Iran.
When she arrived, she discovered a world she hardly recognized, and one which demands a nearcomplete renunciation of the freedoms she experienced in the West, In time, she and her young family make the opposite migration and discover the difficulties, however paradoxical, inherent in living a free life in America, .