6/29/2023 0 Comments The last days of cafe leila![]() Lily brought to mind all the young teacher volunteers training with my technical volunteer group in Peace Corps years ago. I loved Noor and her father’s relationship. ![]() ![]() The story goes back and forth through Noor’s life, her mother’s death, her father putting her on a plane with her brother and giving them freedom in America, meeting her husband, and then coming back to Iran. had imagined Americans as being insular but instead found them to be restless dreamers, earnest and intent on shaping and changing an imperfect world, while she, at seventeen, didn’t expect much, didn’t think she had it in her to ever take on anything so ambitious. Culture clashes, sweet family times, coming of age moments, and a frightening look at life in a religious police state make this a very compelling story. ![]() Noor is estranged from her doctor-husband and decides to take their all-American daughter, Lily, back to Tehran to be with her dying father. ![]()
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