pickBeautiful story about family secrets, generational trauma, sexuality, and identity. The story of Moud, an American teenager in 2019, his father as a young man in Iran in 1978 , and his grandfather as a teenager in L.A. in 1939.
pickIdentity, sexuality, family secrets, activism, representation, culture, language. So much is packed into this (mostly) queer coming of age story following 3 gen. of American-Iranian men. We move between LA and Tehran in 1939, 1978, and 2019. I felt like some of the side-characters were a bit 2D stereotypes, but all the MCs are well done and I found all three narratives gripping. Classic YA tropes were deftly turned into something else. Recommended
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A moving multi-generational tale of fathers & sons coming to terms with their history, their identity, & their relationship w each other. It celebrates the vulnerability & complexity of being human, as well as the value of living in the present & building a life you can be proud of. At times, comparisons are made between life in Iran & life in the US, highlighting that people everywhere are fighting for representation, survival, & love.
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