This one is bittersweet - it really deals with the passage of time. It's mostly about this young couple in 1950s Tehran that falls in love but gets separated and never really gets over each other. But still, both of them go on to have their own marriages and lives and families - and you get to see how they turn out in 2013. It's a beautiful story, but there is a lot of angst and heartbreak reading about Roya and Bahman. I admit the love story didn't totally resonate with me. Still, the setting and politics and family dynamics and Roya and Zari's move to America were all really interesting to read about. You also get other points of view, but honestly I don't know if those were all necessary. There was also a really intriguing villain here in Mrs. Aslan - I understood where she was coming from by the end, but still I hated her actions and choices. I wasn't blow away, but overall it was a good read.