LIPSTICK JIHAD A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America and American in Iran AZADEH MOAVENI

"Lipstick Jihad's tug between objective reporting and Moaveni's subjectivity as an Iranian woman shines a fascinating light on a nation at odds with itself. Jihad: A-."
--Entertainment Weekly

"Moaveni writes unusually well and perceptively."
--New York Times Book Review

"The subtle distinction between immigrants and emigres, whom she describes as exiles living between two worlds, is at the heart of Moaveni's nuanced reflection on growing up Iranian in San Jose. . . .Moaveni, 28, has crafted a layered, achingly personal look at the internal conflicts she experienced while growing up."
--San Jose Mercury News

"Azadeh Moaveni gives us a peak into the world of young, modern Iranians. . . [a] very readable book."
--Santa Cruz Sentinel

"In her gripping memoir . . . Azadeh Moaveni illuminates one of the broadest political truths: Falseness in sexual life leads to falseness everywhere, the denial of truths of the individual body leads to corruption of the body politic. . .[Moaveni's parents] split when their daughter was just a few months old, and Moaveni developed a keen eye for the fault lines in people and societies. . . . [She] paints a damning picture of daily life in Tehran with a hundred fascinating, subtle details. . . But much to Moaveni's credit, she is able to find the redeeming aspects of what often reads like a sojourn in one of the outer circles of hell."
--LA Weekly

PAPERBACK
ISBN 978-1-58648-378-4
Pub date: 03/27/06
Price: $13.00/16.95 Canada
5 1/2 x 8 1/4
272 pages
none
Carton Quantity: 36
Memoir, Middle East Studies
Selling Territory: US, UKCW
Pub history: