Azadeh Moaveni returns to her homeland in Honeymoon in Tehran, a deeply personal chronicle of Iranian life in the turbulent era of President Ahmadinejad. She finds the party-loving idealists she portrayed in Lipstick Jihad are now a cynical generation concerned with real estate rather than freedom.
She visits sit-ins, government sex ed classes, and bridal couture ateliers. She mingles with young radicals, the country’s strained middle-class, and its posh upper-crust, exploring the many faces of discontent with the country’s Islamic system.
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“A rare, rich glimpse inside a closed society.” — Kirkus Reviews
“[A] perfect blend of political commentary and social observation.” — Booklist
“A story of coming-of-age in two cultures [written] with a keen eye and a measured tone.”
— Publishers Weekly
“Sharp and written with ferociously brilliant reporting, Honeymoon in Tehran, Azadeh Moaveni’s nuanced perspective on her ancestors’ homeland, is without peer.”
—Gary Shteyngart, author of Absurdistan