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Aria is a magnificent vibrant novel by Nazanine Hozar about the wind of change that disrupted the lives of Iranians between 1953 & 1981 after Mossadegh's displacement, during the Shah's regime, & upon the Islamic revolution. It is portrayed by the intricate dramatic life of Aria who had three mothers: Mehri, who delivered but abandoned her; the motherzilla Zahra; & Fereshteh, the rich woman who offered her everything except love.
There is a summary about it in my blog - https://www.tamarayousefmousa.com/

Vividly narrates the abuse of young Korean girls and their use as sexual objects to comfort the Japanese soldiers during WWII, and the lack of justice to survivors.
There is a summary about it in my blog - https://www.tamarayousefmousa.com/

It describes the nostalgia of a human being in exile! This complicated exuberant dramatic novel weaves the intertwined threads of love & politics, and the role of love in revolting against the treachery of a police state.
There is a summary about it in my blog - https://www.tamarayousefmousa.com/

This is a captivating tale by Abi Andrews that made me circle the Arctic and live in wilderness. She travels in time between Voyager 1 or moon landing and the travelogue of a 19-year old lady, comparing the anecdotes of each journey. This philosophical personal narration describes woman's issues and taboos, Mountain Man, cultural taxonomy, the Inuit, and environmentalists, scientists, or novelists (H. Lacks; R. Carson; Annie Peck; Unabomber; J. Muir; Darwin; Thoreau; C. McCandless; Jack London; & J. Kerouac).
There is a summary about it in my blog - https://www.tamarayousefmousa.com/

The author artistically fabricated the tale of 3 Pakistanis who escaped their life for the promise of a new opportunity. This thrilling novel occurred in 2014-2017 and touches on siblinghood, love, betrayal, brain washing, imperialism, capitalism, Westoxification, state religion, racism, cultural clashing, and intellectualism.
There is a summary about it in my blog - https://www.tamarayousefmousa.com/

This is a sinister gripping book about the Adamson's dysfunctional family. Sadie Jones portrayed how this family's foundations were ruined by greed, dirty money, child abuse, and evasion of confronting children's problems via putting a phony impeccable appearance to conceal the bitter truth.
There is a summary about it in my blog - https://www.tamarayousefmousa.com/

A very enchanting book about cultural clash phenomenon that an Iraqi girl have suffered while living in England and visiting Mecca for pilgrimage. The story is in Arabic but I wrote an English summary about it in my blog (https://www.tamarayousefmousa.com/).