Tehran, 1979. The Shah has been overthrown, and Behzad believes this revolution will bring the freedom he has been fighting for. Amid secret missions and political persecution, he falls in love with Nahid, a brave and perceptive woman, and together they dream of a new future.
Ten years later, the family is living in exile in Germany, trying to rebuild their lives far from their homeland and the people they left behind. But Iran is always present—in the silences, the memories, and the news that arrives late at night.
As their children grow up between two worlds, a return to Tehran and the 2009 Green Revolution will force them to confront what they believed, what they lost, what they forgot, and what was never said. A timely and deeply moving novel about revolution, oppression, resistance, and the irresistible desire for freedom.
