Family fictions: Saifi -- Rotten genes -- Learning to lie -- Coffee hour -- Family ties -- The holy man -- A death in the family -- Lessons and learning: Leaving home -- Rudabeh's story -- At Scotforth House -- Politics and intrigue -- Mayor of Tehran -- Rehearsal for a revolution -- My father's jail: A common criminal -- The prison diaries -- A career woman -- A suitable match -- Women like that! -- Married life -- Revolts and revolution: A happy family -- Demonstrations -- Revolution -- The other other woman -- When home is not home anymore -- Reading and resistance -- Broken dreams -- Father's departure -- The goddess of bad news -- Facing the world -- The last dance -- The perils of love -- Moments in 20th-century Iranian history.

Azar Nafisi, author of the beloved international bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran, now gives us a stunning personal story of growing up in Iran, memories of her life lived in thrall to a powerful and complex mother, against the background of a country<U+2019>s political revolution. A girl<U+2019>s pain over family secrets; a young woman<U+2019>s discovery of the power of sensuality in literature; the price a family pays for freedom in a country beset by political upheaval<U+2013>these and other threads are woven together in this beautiful memoir. Reaching back in time to reflect on other generations in the Nafisi family, Things I<U+2019>ve Been Silent About is also a powerful historical portrait of a family that spans many periods of change leading up to the Islamic Revolution of 1978-79, which turned Azar Nafisi<U+2019>s beloved Iran into a religious dictatorship. Things I<U+2019>ve Been Silent About is, finally, a deeply personal reflection on women<U+2019>s choices, and on how Azar Nafisi found the inspiration for a different kind of life.--Information from publisher.

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