“The Persian Lover” traces one man’s journey against a panorama of Iran in the second half of the 20th Century. Growing up in Tehran, in early childhood Babak suffered the loss of a brother. His sexual awakening came in his teens with a mature woman who would become the love of his life. At middle-age, Babak, now a successful graphic design artist in the USA, returns to his native country. By chance, he encounters his former sweetheart, Rafee, wheelchair bound after being tortured by the government. He discovers that he fathered a child with her, a daughter now grown. Angered over his abandoning them she drives him out into the night and he’s attacked and beaten by the rogue police. Babak, compelled to take a stand, joins a demonstration on the anniversary of the revolution. Wading into streets rocked with explosions, he survives the violence. It is Rafee who tragically dies the next morning.
The Persian Lover plunges the depths of love and loss to make the case that in the end love endures.
“The Persian Lover” is a tale of Babak’s never-ending adventure through life. Growing up in poverty in Iran, he learned tragedy at a young age – but that didn’t stop him from roaming the streets with his brother and cousins in search of mischief. At the age of fourteen, he found himself introduced to a forbidden love, sexual pleasures, and heartbreak. Babak set his eyes on America, sacrificing true love and his family life in order to fulfill his desires of success and fame. A disappointing thirty years later Babak returns to the comforts of his homeland and family, only to find a country in turmoil. By chance, he encounters his former sweetheart, Rafee, wheelchair bound after being tortured by the government. He discovers that he fathered a child with her, a daughter now grown. Angered over his abandoning them she drives him out into the night and he is attacked and beaten by the rogue police. Babak is compelled to take a stand, joins a demonstration on the anniversary of the revolution. Wading into the streets rocked with explosions, he survives the violence. It is Rafee who tragically dies the next morning. As the phantoms of his old love resurface, and Babak learns just how deep are the scars in his country as he navigates his fresh start …and his feeling for a new love.
The Persian Lover plunges the depths of love and loss to make the case that in the end love endures.
“With the Iranian Revolution as its backdrop, Shahrivar’s story illustrates the tenacity of love and life against even the most devastating political turmoil. Follow Babak through his tragic charming rustic childhood and into the throes of his thrilling, palpitation romances. This book takes unexpected turns into several different emotional arenas, making it an engaging and surprising read which I very much enjoyed”. ---Editor, Leah Lederman
“I am now through chapter 11; and I am loving your story. This chapter was excellent in describing a young man’s first real sexual relationship and his love for her. Great chapter” ---Editor, Michele Neville
The Persian Lover plunges the depths of love and loss to make the case that in the end love endures.
“The Persian Lover” is a tale of Babak’s never-ending adventure through life. Growing up in poverty in Iran, he learned tragedy at a young age – but that didn’t stop him from roaming the streets with his brother and cousins in search of mischief. At the age of fourteen, he found himself introduced to a forbidden love, sexual pleasures, and heartbreak. Babak set his eyes on America, sacrificing true love and his family life in order to fulfill his desires of success and fame. A disappointing thirty years later Babak returns to the comforts of his homeland and family, only to find a country in turmoil. By chance, he encounters his former sweetheart, Rafee, wheelchair bound after being tortured by the government. He discovers that he fathered a child with her, a daughter now grown. Angered over his abandoning them she drives him out into the night and he is attacked and beaten by the rogue police. Babak is compelled to take a stand, joins a demonstration on the anniversary of the revolution. Wading into the streets rocked with explosions, he survives the violence. It is Rafee who tragically dies the next morning. As the phantoms of his old love resurface, and Babak learns just how deep are the scars in his country as he navigates his fresh start …and his feeling for a new love.
The Persian Lover plunges the depths of love and loss to make the case that in the end love endures.
“With the Iranian Revolution as its backdrop, Shahrivar’s story illustrates the tenacity of love and life against even the most devastating political turmoil. Follow Babak through his tragic charming rustic childhood and into the throes of his thrilling, palpitation romances. This book takes unexpected turns into several different emotional arenas, making it an engaging and surprising read which I very much enjoyed”. ---Editor, Leah Lederman
“I am now through chapter 11; and I am loving your story. This chapter was excellent in describing a young man’s first real sexual relationship and his love for her. Great chapter” ---Editor, Michele Neville
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My Guide To Health/ A Second Chance at Life
“My Guide to Heath /A Second Chance at Life” is a about the author’s journey through kidney failure the silent killer. In this hand book she tells of her journey and lists educational facts about the disease, recipes and a way of living which has helped her in maintaining her diabetes medicine free.
My Guide To Health/ A Second Chance at Life
“My Guide to Heath /A Second Chance at Life” is a about the author’s journey through kidney failure the silent killer. In this hand book she tells of her journey and lists educational facts about the disease, recipes and a way of living which has helped her in maintaining her diabetes medicine free.