Rooftops of Tehran

A friend in the media sent me an advance reader copy of this book. It swept me away. I'm still struggling to find my way back into my real world - yes, it's one of those books: the story stays with you, the characters don't fade; a beautiful touching story in the voice of a 17-year old, written like......more

This is such a lovely, lovely book. I fell in love with the story and the characters. It was far beyond what I could have imagined on any coming of age story to be. It had me on the edge of my chair alternately sobbing and then cheering for the characters. I have to call them characters to remind my......more

This one has been on my TBR for ages, and I have been waiting for the moment to read it. This month I needed a book that had tags for Travel, and had one of the letters of Travel, plus a coming of age book for another challenge. This one was the perfect book at the perfect time. And one thing I love......more

Every once in a while you stumble upon a book that, after reading it, you want to stop everyone on the street, hand them a copy, and insist they run home and read. Rooftops of Tehran is just that sort of book for me. In many ways the themes are universal. It is a coming of age tale in which two lif......more

To be honest, i picked up this book after reading Mornings in Jenin with the soul intention of trying to repair my damaged heart with the words of a different novel. To my dismay, my heartache only increased. The characters came to life in my mind and i fell in love with Ahmad's character. The messa......more