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They said they wanted revolution : a memoir of my parents / Neda Toloui-Semnani.

By: Material type: TextTextCopyright date: ©2022Edition: First editionDescription: 264 pages : illustration ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1542004497
  • 1542004489
  • 9781542004497
  • 9781542004480
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: The daughter of Iranian revolutionaries, activists, immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers explores, reconciles and embraces the story of her parents, untangling sixty years of Iran-American relations, and discussing the unforeseen costs of righteous activism on generations.Summary: 1979. Toloui-Semnani's parents left the United States for Iran to join the revolution. But the promise of those early heady days in Tehran was warped by the rise of the Islamic Republic. With the new regime came international isolation, cultural devastation, and profound personal loss for Neda: her father was arrested and her mother was forced to make a desperate escape, pregnant and with Neda in tow. Conflicted about her parents' choices for years, Toloui-Semnani waded through extensive reporting, journals, and detailed interviews to untangle decades of history in a search for answers. Here she illuminates the costs of righteous activism across generations. -- adapted from jacket
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From a daughter of Iranian revolutionaries, activists, immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers comes a gripping and emotional memoir of family and the tumultuous history of two nations.

In 1979, Neda Toloui-Semnani's parents left the United States for Iran to join the revolution. But the promise of those early heady days in Tehran was warped by the rise of the Islamic Republic. With the new regime came international isolation, cultural devastation, and profound personal loss for Neda. Her father was arrested and her mother was forced to make a desperate escape, pregnant and with Neda in tow.

Conflicted about her parents' choices for years, Neda realized that to move forward, she had to face the past head-on. Through extensive reporting, journals, and detailed interviews, Neda untangles decades of history in a search for answers.

Both an epic family drama and a timely true-life political thriller, They Said They Wanted Revolution illuminates the costs of righteous activism across generations.

Includes bibliographical references.

The daughter of Iranian revolutionaries, activists, immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers explores, reconciles and embraces the story of her parents, untangling sixty years of Iran-American relations, and discussing the unforeseen costs of righteous activism on generations.

1979. Toloui-Semnani's parents left the United States for Iran to join the revolution. But the promise of those early heady days in Tehran was warped by the rise of the Islamic Republic. With the new regime came international isolation, cultural devastation, and profound personal loss for Neda: her father was arrested and her mother was forced to make a desperate escape, pregnant and with Neda in tow. Conflicted about her parents' choices for years, Toloui-Semnani waded through extensive reporting, journals, and detailed interviews to untangle decades of history in a search for answers. Here she illuminates the costs of righteous activism across generations. -- adapted from jacket

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