Daughter of Persia: A Womans Journey From Her Fathers Harem Through the Islamic Revolution
by By Farman-Farmaian, Sattareh and Munker, Dona
Category: Biography & Autobiography , General

The Remarkable story of the daughter of a once powerful and wealthy shazdeh, or prince, Farmaian  tells a fascinating tale of growing up in the 1930s in a Persian harem compound in Tehran. Breaking  with Muslim tradition, she became an independent woman and found  herself arrested as a counterrevolutionary. A dramtic window on  Iran's journey through the twentieth century.