Children of the Jacaranda Tree: A Novel

ISBN: 1476709106

Author: Delijani, Sahar

Condition: New

This poignant and spellbinding literary triumph (Bustle) centers on Irans violent summer of 1988 and the fear, anger, and hope felt by the generation after.Neda is born in Irans Evin Prison, where her mother is allowed to nurse her for a few months before an anonymous guard appears at the cell door one day and simply takes her away. In another part of the city, three-year-old Omid witnesses the arrests of his political activist parents from his perch at their kitchen table, yogurt dripping from his fingertips. More than twenty years after the violent, bloody purge that took place inside Tehrans prisons, Sheida learns that her father was one of those executed, that the silent void firmly planted between her and her mother all these years was not just the sad loss that comes with death but the anguish and the horror of murder.These are the Children of the Jacaranda Tree. Set in post-revolutionary Iran from 1983 to 2011, this stunning debut novel follows a group of mothers, fathers, children, and lovers, some related by blood, others brought together by the tide of history that washes over their lives. Finally, years later, it is the next generation that is left with the burden of the past and their countrys tenuous future as a new wave of protest and political strife begins.Heartbreakingly heroic (Publishers Weekly), Children of the Jacaranda Tree is a blistering indictment of tyranny, a poignant tribute to those who bear the scars of it, and a celebration of the human hearts eternal yearning for freedom (Khaled Hosseini, #1 New York Timesbestselling author).