El libro de mi destino/ Sahme Man

Translated into 25 languages, this novel shows what life was like in Iran before the Islamic revolution of 1979 and in the decades since. Masumeh, a 15-year-old girl, falls for a boy named Said. When their relationship is discovered, Masumeh’s family is outraged and forces her into an arranged marriage with a man named Hamid, who devotes his life and the majority of time to politics. Over 30 years, Masumeh suffers through the country’s radical changes until one day, one of life’s unexpected turns forces her to choose between happiness and honoring tradition.