Reviews, profiles, and print interviews:
“Nemat’s story…is a memoir of faith and love,
a protest against violence that cannot be silenced.” –The
Christian Science Monitor The
Christian Science Monitor
“…Prisoner of Tehran is
an extraordinary story of survival and how one woman finally found
inner peace through the written word.” –Entertainment
Weekly Entertainment
Weekly
“This powerful memoir examines Nemat’s struggle to
forgive those who beat her and sentenced her to death at 16 for
speaking against her government.” – Newsweek
“With Prisoner of Tehran,
she (Marina Nemat) has accomplished her admirable goal (of lending
a voice to Iran’s
political prisoners.) –Miami Herald
“Nemat offers her arresting, heartbreaking story of forgiveness,
hope and enduring love—a voice for the untold scores silenced
by Iran's revolution.” –Publishers’ Weekly (starred
review) Publishers
Weekly
“Prisoner of Tehran is a gripping personal
history…important
and chillingly universal…” –New York Times
“…Gripping, elegantly written memoir…masterly…” –The Wall
Street Journal The
Wallstreet Journal
“…Filled with enduring images…” –Calgary
Herald
“…Marina Nemat’s beautiful book is a confession
born out of the tradition of St. Augustine…breathtakingly
real. It is an act of bravery, this book, as well as compassion…well
wrought and heartfelt…” –The Globe and Mail
“Her Story is unforgettable.” –Vogue
“…the story of her journey to freedom is extraordinary…Nemat
believes it is important to make history personal…Nemat’s
story is a complex mixture of light and darkness, love and violence
-- of human paradoxes that defy simplistic labels of good and evil.” –Leigh
Anne Williams, Quill and Quire Quillandquire.com
“Immediate and visceral” –Quill and Quire Quillandquire.com
“…Nemat tells her story without messages
and with no sense of heroism …terrifying drama…” –Booklist (starred
review)
“…heartbreaking memoir…” –The
Ottawa Citizen OttawaCitizen.com
“Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir is an inspiration.” –The Toronto Star
“Nemat’s story is a page-turner…a book which
bears witness, which serves as a prism through which the experiences
of a horrific past are viewed from a later calmer perspective.
The memoir, a catharsis for Nemat, is a revelation for the reader,
a moving and thoughtful book few will want to miss.” –The London Free
Press
“…Prisoner of Tehran is one of
the finest (memoirs) ever written by a Canadian. Nemat’s
heartrending account of her time in an Iranian prison touches on
some large issues, particularly the power of religious fanaticism
to lead good people to do evil acts. But the memoir’s brilliance
and grace lie more in its intimate scale, in the way it deals with
the burden of memory, the need to bear witness and the strange
byways of the human heart. But before all else, Prisoner of
Tehran is simply an astonishing story.” –Brian
Bethune, MacLean’s Magazine Macleans.ca
“You will start this book and finish it in one reading.
It is impossible to put down.” –Heather Reisman, CEO,
Indigo Books
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