Ahhh this book was really good! It was well written and was very interesting. It was thought out well and very organized. I highly recommend!

It's an interesting look into life in Iran before and after the "revolution". The stories are not very suspenseful, colorful or funny, but the depict every day life during that time in a country we don't know much about.

Delightful novel about a young biy, Babak growing up with friends in Ahwaz, Iran,
They get up to all the mischief that boys usually get up to..
A few chapters in, war breaks out between Iran and Iraq, turning the young boys idyllic childhood upside down. The mood of the novel dramatically changes
‘A few minutes later, the air raid sirens would go off on all the radios and mosque loudspeakers announcing red alert, which started with a relatively male voice saying, ‘Attention! Attention ! The sound you are about to hear is the red alert siren and it means that an enemy air raid is underway or imminent. Please take shelter.’
This novel also serves as a first-hand account of the memories of an author’s childhood affected by war.
The autobiographical novels follows a young boy become a young man awarded a scholarship to study in Japan and end up as tech businessman in California.