![]() ![]() A final section, 'Aria', takes us through the brutal coup d'etat that installs the Shah as Iran's supreme leader, even as Aria falls in love with a revolutionary and becomes a young mother herself. ![]() The novel is structured around each of the three very different women who find themselves fated to mother the lost child: first, the working-class, reckless and self-involved Zahra, married to the kind-hearted soldier then the wealthy, careful and compassionate Fereshteh, who invites Aria into her compound and adopts her as an heir and finally, Aria's biological mother, Mehri, whose new family Aria discovers in adolescence. Thus begins a stunning and revelatory debut that takes us inside the Iranian revolution-but as seen like never before, through the eyes of an orphan girl. He snatches up the child-and forever alters his own destiny and that of the little girl, whom he names Aria. ![]() Curious, he searches for the source, and to his horror, comes upon a newborn baby abandoned by the side of the road and encircled by ravenous dogs. One night, a humble driver in the Iranian army is walking through a rough area of Tehran when he hears a small, pitiful cry.
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