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In 1950s Iran, poet Forugh Farrokhzad poured her deeply intimate musings onto the page, precipitating a short, tumultuous life of censure and loss. Memoirist Darznik (TheGood Daughter) skillfully employs Farrokhzad's own eloquent verse to re-create in fiction the life of this 16-year-old wife and mother who became the voice and face of Iran's early feminist movement under the Shah. Rebellious and questing by nature, Forugh envied her brothers' freedom,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More