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Lädt ... The Rose Hotel: A Memoir of Secrets, Loss, and Love From Iran to Americavon Rahimeh Andalibian
   Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch.  vpor1222 | Jul 21, 2022 |    ) Angel.Carter | Aug 11, 2016 | --- The author Rahimeh Andalibian, takes us on a journey through her life in Iran to her current life in the USA. It certainly was a journey filled with regret, heartbreak, forgiveness and a whole host of emotions that just can't be captured. Dr. Andalibian is a good story teller. She was able to incorporate the stories and views of her family members into this memoir to give us further insight into everything that happened. It was quite the intriguing memoir and gave me so much more insight and understanding into a foreign country and religion and how they have shaped her family over the decades. The story starts off at the Rose Hotel, where once event lead to a chain reaction that ultimately effected this family for decades afterwards. While reading this, it made me appreciate all that I have, especially being privileged to be born in North America where we are allowed to voice our opinions, practice our religion openly and not be restricted due to our gender. Everything that happened since the 1970s until the present, it's so hard to believe all the atrocities that has happened so far, but she presents it to us in a way that we ultimately feel every heartbreak and emotion her family goes through. Through it all, despite everything that happened over the years (since Abdollah's jail sentence), ultimately the family was able to survive and push through the hard times, enjoy the good times and eventually forgive each other for past transgressions. (  ) Dream24 | Jan 6, 2016 | On a country level, it shows Iran as going from one terrible regime of suppression and terrorizing by the SAVAK to a new kind of intolerable government by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The author takes us from her sheltered life in the Rose Hotel during the Shah’s rule to her life in the United States. As a small child, she ran around on the marble floors of her father’s prestigious hotel and joyfully snitched KitKat bars from a pantry. She was unaware of the way people were living outside and that her blissful life would soon change. Her father or Baba held very traditional Muslim views like men must always keep all the buttons of their shirt buttoned. To not do that was not respectful. At the time of change of government, the oldest son, Abdollah was in a normal stage of teenage development, striving to be more independent. His father,like most of Iran, is very happy when Khomeini tool power but he soon learns to distrust him with a passion. And his oldest son is unjustly accused of rape and murder. After that the family struggles with the deepest sorrow and emotional burdens of each one individually. Alcoholism, drug addiction, unrelenting guilt haunts this family. But the hurtful basis of this is the secrets kept so long by Abdollah’s family and it is not until they are strong enough to release their secrets can they find forgiveness and growth. I received this Advanced Reading Copy from the Amazon Vine Program free but that in no way influences my thoughts or feelings in this review. (  ) Carolee888 | Apr 6, 2015 | Zeige 4 von 4 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
"In this searing memoir, Iran-born author Rahimeh Andalibian tells the story of her family: their struggle to survive the 1979 revolution, their move to California, and their attempts to acculturate in the face of teenage rebellion, murder, addiction, and new traditions. Andalibian struggles to make sense of two brutal crimes: a rape, solved by her father, and a murder, of which her beloved oldest brother stands accused. She takes us first into her family's tranquil, jasmine-scented days of prosperity in their luxury hotel in Mashhad, Iran. Their life is ruptured by the 1979 revolution as they flee: first to the safety of a mansion in Tehran, next to a squalid one-room flat in London, and finally to California, where they suffer a different kind of revolution. Struggling to adjust to a new host culture, they soon discover that although they escaped Iran, they are not free from their own lies and hidden truths. As the family comes to grips with their new home, the strength of their bonds are tested by love, loyalty, compassion, hate, pain, loss--and the will to survive. Heartbreaking and intimately told, this is a universal story of healing, rebirth after tragedy, and hard-won redemption"--
"In this powerful memoir, Iran-born author Rahimeh Andalibian tells the story of her family: their struggle to survive the 1979 revolution, their move to California, and their attempts to acculturate in the face of teenage rebellion, murder, addiction, and new traditions. A poignant but uplifting tale of family secrets, trauma, and renewal, this runaway self-published success will capture the hearts of those who love Reading Lolita in Tehran and House of Sand and Fog. A country in chaos, a clash of civilizations, and a family torn asunder. In this searing memoir The Rose Hotel, Rahimeh Andalibian struggles to make sense of two brutal crimes: a rape, solved by her father, and a murder, of which her beloved oldest brother stands accused. She takes us first into her family's tranquil, jasmine-scented days of prosperity in their luxury hotel in Mashhad, Iran. Their life is ruptured by the 1979 revolution as they flee: first to the safety of a mansion in Tehran, next to a squalid one-room flat in London, and finally to California, where they suffer a different kind of revolution. Struggling to adjust to a new host culture, they soon discover that although they escaped Iran, they are not free from their own lies and hidden truths. As the family comes to grips with their new home, the strength of their bonds are tested by love, loyalty, compassion, hate, pain, loss--and the will to survive. Heartbreaking and intimately told, The Rose Hotel is a universal story of healing, rebirth after tragedy, and hard-won redemption"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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