If you like magic-realism, read this. It chronicles the lives of an Iranian-Jewish family beginning in Tehran before WW II and ending in present-day Los Angeles. At the heart is the story of Roxanna, born a bad-luck child, and her daughter Lili who she abandons at the age of five by sprouting wings and taking off into the night. Whimsical, perhaps, but the characters are real enough as are the turbulent events that shape their lives.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 23 April 2004 ) |
