LIBRARY JOURNAL

Kherad, Nastaran. In the House of My Bibi: Growing Up in Revolutionary Iran. Academy Chicago. 2009. c.264p. ISBN 978-0-89733-567-6. $18.95. MEMOIR

First-timer Kherad had the misfortune of being born into an Iran sundered by revolution. With her counterrevolutionary brother, she was imprisoned and brutally tortured by the religious regime. Ultimately, she escaped Iran and established herself as a successful academic in the United States. Readers who devoured Azar Nafisi's Reading Lolita in Tehran will find this book equally intriguing.—L.M.