...although many of the families at the Tortugas country club looked like they walked out of a Ralph Lauren ad. The wives slim and long-haired, the children beautifully blonde and barefoot, the husbands smiling in their khakis and sunglasses. Saturday was the second tournament of the spring polo season, played by a team of four brothers against a team of two pairs of brothers. Who knew that polo was such a family affair? The reigning champs lost, but it was an exciting match, although we wondered whether the stunning athletes (the thoroughbreds) were enjoying themselves or forever wondering why they were made to run back and forth and get knocked in the ankles by a small, hard white ball (which as you see I got quite close to myself).
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Novel Synopsis
- Minoo’s parents emigrated from Iran to the United States with hopes of living the American dream, but when Minoo goes to college she finds herself emotionally drawn to the country her parents abandoned. She meets the activist Darius and becomes part of the expatriate student movement working to overthrow the Iranian government. During the revolution of 1979, she and Darius return to Tehran to push for democratic reform. But their political views stand in opposition to Ayatollah Khomeini’s vision for an Islamic republic.
- As their friends fall victim to the new regime, Minoo and Darius face a critical decision: to remain in Iran and risk imprisonment and death, or to flee. The choices Minoo makes will haunt her for nearly two decades, until her daughter Zarah begins to unravel the secrets Minoo has kept. Inspired by a true story, Crows in the Nightingale’s Tree is a passionate tale of love and politics set against one of the most powerful religious movements of our time.
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