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5 comments about Unveiled: One Woman's Nightmare in Iran.

1. 
   A gripping, unforgettable work which made me laugh and cry, sometimes both at the same time. Written by a respected British journalist whose innocent genetic love for her country of origin takes her out to Iran where she makes heroic efforts to make the reality confirm her idealised image of what should be 'Persia'. Her individual and eccentric personality is rapidly sculpted, and honed, from within, to fit into an artificial entity called The Islamic Republic. It is from this perspective that she gives us a unique glimpse of a man-made state. A tragedy, on a personal and national level, from which she finally emerges with her innocence intact - to continue life in her natural dual state so well encapsulated in the endearing shortened version of her Persian name - nothing to do with a fruit!



2. A most interesting book form a plucky young lady. I knew her through her many informative articles for the economist and was delighted to be able to get a longer read. The book, apart from being more than readable, gives us a description of modern day Iran through the eyes of someone who does not have any kind of 'agenda':
   She goes out there as a journalist (rather a brave act in itself), to see and to report. Whether on the political or personal front she remains lucid and a great story teller to the end.



3. It was only through sheer force of will -- and lack of any other books at hand -- that got me through this mess of a story. Cherry ranmbles through most of it and is almost incoherant when she dwelves endlessly into tales of various friends and family members that have little to no bearing on the story that she's promised to tell, that of her marriage. We don't even get to that story unti the last third of the book, and when we do, it's eye-rollingly silly. She married this man KNOWING he was bad news and STAYED with him after she realized that he was married to another woman and wasn't interested in the sort of relationship that she was.
   
   I didn't think this book had much to do with Iran; it was just another story about an unhappy marriage. It's difficult to related to Cherry and impossible to sympathize with her "plight."



4. Many of the reviews here say this book is outdated, but if you look at http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/index.php?storytopic=6 or http://www.iranfocus.com under the subject of women you will see it is still slavery for women in Iran. I found this book powerful, scary, sad, terrifying and tragic. This if very important information for us to read, and to realize how complete and complex the oppression is in Iran, especially for women, and how it impacts on every aspect of their lives.



5. The first half of this book is totally frustrating. There are too many characters and the family tree is virtually useless. The second half is exasperating. Here is a woman of so called nobility and educated who, in rebellion against her upbringing, marries an inferior, rude, sexist, demanding, and controlling gigolo. The reader can only tire of her rationalizing a destructive marriage, conceived and executed with her consent. The only kind thing I can say for Cherry is that perhaps her rebellion against her parents, who ruled and dominated her early dating life, responded in the only way she knew how. Choose someone totally and completely the opposite of anyone they would have chosen for her. Well done....but why punish yourself?

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