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Behind The Veil An American Woman's Memoir Of The 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis, Debra Johanyak
Behind The Veil An American Woman's Memoir Of The 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis, Debra Johanyak
University of Akron Press Publications
In Behind the Veil, Debra Johanyak weaves the personal with the historical in fascinating detail. Through her own story, a Midwestern woman married to an Iranian man and living in Iran during the hostage crisis, Johanyak provides the reader with sharp insights into similarities as well as differences between the two cultures. The memoir offers a thoughtful perspective on cultural chasms and the bridges we could build to conquer them. —Nahid Rachlin, author of Persian Girls, a memoir, and Jumping Over Fire, a novel
Debra Johanyak, a young American wife with an Iranian husband, gives a moving …