Prisoner of Tehran: One Woman's Story of Survival Inside an Iranian Prison by Marina Nemat

Prisoner of Tehran: One Woman's Story of Survival Inside an Iranian Prison

Marina Nemat

321 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Description

In her heartbreaking, triumphant, and elegantly written memoir, Prisoner of Tehran, Marina Nemat tells the heart-pounding story of her life as a young girl in Iran during the early days of Ayatollah Khomeini's brutal Islamic Revolution.What would ...

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emotional 82%
dark 76%
sad 76%
inspiring 58%
reflective 58%
tense 58%
informative 52%
challenging 41%
hopeful 41%
adventurous 5%
lighthearted 5%

Pace

medium 55%
slow 22%
fast 22%

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