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Honeymoon in Purdah: An Iranian Journey | Alison Wearing

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The beautifully written travel memoir of a Western woman's journey in Iran Honeymoon in Purdah is a book of sketches gathered over the course of one woman's journey in Iran. Through her, we meet the ordinary and extraordinary people of Iran--men and women whose lives extend beyond Western news stories of kidnappings, terrorism, and Islamic fundamentalism. Peppered with accounts of Iran's Islamic Revolution and political analyses of the country, Honeymoon in Purdah is a departure from our conventional perception of Iran. Alison Wearing give Iranians the chance to wander beyond headlines and stereotypes and in so doing, reveals the poetry of their lives.

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Honeymoon in Purdah: An Iranian Journey | Alison Wearing

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LeahBergen I loved Honeymoon in Purdah. 👍🏼 8y

TheKidUpstairs @LeahBergen me too! I went on a travel memoir binge a couple years ago, and it definitely stood out from the pack 😊 8y

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Honeymoon in Purdah: An Iranian Journey | Alison Wearing

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Set in the early 2000s, before 9/11 and the wars in Afganistan and Iraq, this book tells of how a woman travels through Iran and the people she meets. Even though this book is categorized as a travel book, she doesn't tell you much, hardly anything about the places she sees in Iran. This is a story-- a series of stories actually -- about people. How we are the same and how we are different. Extremely engaging and well done.

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