About the Book

A story of an extraordinary father/son relationship imperiled by a nation's ominous and drastically changing political climate, "Something to Declare" is a piercing look at revolution through the wide-open eyes of a child.Aria Minu-Sepehr was raised in a sheltered world of extraordinary privilege, the son of a high-ranking general in the Shah's Imperial Iranian Air Force. But when King Reza Kahn was overthrown and the Ayatollah rose to power in 1979, Aria's privileged boyhood skidded to a halt. His life became a terrifying waiting game--waiting to see if soldiers would invade his home, waiting to see if his family would have to flee, waiting to find out if his father would come home alive each night. Aria's childhood worries about school exams and making mischief at home were quickly replaced by the terror that his father could be publicly assassinated, that he himself could be kidnapped, and the very real possibility that the family would not be allowed to leave the country alive.

"Something to Declare" is an exceptional memoir about the clash of modernity and religion in Iran, as seen through the eyes of a boy with unusual access to both two sides. Exquisitely drawn from childhood and enhanced by his adult perspective, "Something to Declare" is Aria Minu-Sepehr's unforgettable account of coming of age in a nation as it slipped away.

Product Details

Media: Hardcover Book, 240 pages

Language: English

Publisher: Free Press

Edition: Unknown

ISBN-10: 1451652186

Publication Date: Apr. 10th, 2012

ISBN-13: 9781451652185

Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.10 x 1.00 inches

Shipping Weight: 0.90 lbs

• Categories: Personal Memoirs General Middle Eastern