Sky of Red Poppies
The Sky of Red Poppies
Winner of the KPBS One Book, One San Diego annual citywide reading selection
Available in English, French, Persian, and now audio!
Sky of Red Poppies begins with a casual friendship between two schoolgirls coming of age in a politically divided 1960s Iran under rule of the Shah. Roya, the daughter of a prominent family, is envious of the fierce independence of her religious classmate Shireen. But Shireen has secrets of her own. As their homeland wrestles with its fate and Roya and Shireen contend with becoming the women they want to be, they each begin making decisions with consequences they could have never imagined…
A novel of culture, history and the redeeming power of friendship.
“Like a picture slowly developing in the darkroom, the injustice around me became clearer with time. Forbidden thoughts grew and multiplied in my head. How many others had disappeared before her, and who would be next?”
In Persian, available from Ketab Corporation:
In French, from Baker Street Editions, available through Amazon France:
