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‘This enthralling account … confirms my conviction, learned from experience, that ide- alism does not die. Indeed, the human spirit can triumph, however brutal the tyranny under which so many are destined to live out their lives’ –Christabel Bielenberg ‘Once upon a time, long before fatwas and ayatollahs, the daughter of a shazdeh, or prince, grew up in a Tehran harem. Sattareh lived with numerous mothers,’ more than 30 siblings and some thousand servants … Sattareh’s father may have been autocratic, infuriatingly stingy and over 60 at the time of her birth, but he was also unusually enlight- ened. His motto “education is everything” applied as much to daughters as to sons. It paid off, for Sattareh provides an accom- plished portrait of a childhood enriched by nightingales and bazaars, politics and family romances. More impressively, she broke with tradition to study in California, returned to found the Tehran School of Social Work and, after the Shah’s downfall, survived execution by a whisker’ –She Magazine ‘Her memories of her childhood … are lyrical and enchanting … beautifully written’ –New York Times Book Review ‘A wonderful book to read and own: a treasury of human experience’ –Fay Weldon Paperback. In very good preloved condition. Minor creasing to cover and previous owners name and gift inscription inside from cover. B&W photos.