Cry for Rain: A Memoir
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Cry for Rain: A Memoir

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Cry for Rain: A Memoir

About this book

Ariana's bitter childhood battles with the outside world and her narcissistic mother threaten to consume her soul.As a Christian minority growing up in Tehran, Iran, Ariana faces harsh physical and emotional abuse from her mother and witnesses the same pain inflicted on her siblings. Her daily awakenings leave her unguarded against her mother's wrath. Despite this, Ariana's only true safe haven comes fleetingly in the presence of her loving papa, Jacob. However, he is often away for weeks on end as a truck driver, leaving her constantly yearning for his return."You know your mother loves you very much. If she punishes you, it's not because she's mean. It's not her fault. She is a nervous woman who cannot control her anger."As she grows up, her search for hope is what she holds onto as she struggles to not only survive her mother's tirades but the loss of friends and family in terror attacks and political involvement during the revolution, the drastic regime change to an Islamic government, and a city embattled with Iraq.

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Table of contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Frontispiece
  5. Dedication
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Prologue
  8. 1968–1969 Home
  9. Broken Smiles
  10. Watermelons
  11. Yellow Tin
  12. Words of Comfort
  13. 1969–1972 The Forbidden Graveyard
  14. High-Heeled Shoes
  15. Homecoming
  16. Bridge
  17. The Breadman and His Helper
  18. Four More Days
  19. Summer Surprise
  20. The Magnificent Sunrise
  21. That Smile
  22. Shooting Star
  23. 1972–1975 A Bed Like Hamlet’s
  24. On My Team
  25. In the Stands
  26. The Big Day
  27. Ice Cream
  28. Not Too Far
  29. Same Path
  30. Waiting Is the Hardest Part
  31. I Think I Can!
  32. What Success Feels Like
  33. 1975–1977 Daffodils
  34. Something Borrowed
  35. Eda’s Gown
  36. Another Rampage
  37. A Young Life Lost
  38. Since Matthew’s Death
  39. 1977–1979 The Rising
  40. My Dream
  41. Papa’s Story
  42. An Unlikely Gang
  43. 1979–1983 Calm
  44. Gregory
  45. Hostages
  46. No One Wants to Learn
  47. Hijab
  48. A Ravaged City
  49. 1983–1984 A Story to Tell
  50. One Day at a Time
  51. Najes
  52. Exam Day
  53. Perspective
  54. Papa’s Cough
  55. Hope
  56. Epilogue
  57. About the Author