Elizabeth Eslami

Eslami's work reads like something from the lips of a master dramatic ventriloquist--she inhabits every diverse voice in this book with deceptive ease. The heroes of these stories are at-risk teenaged brothers (not in the political sense, but in a very real sense); a trailer-park urchin who dreams of escape; a young Persian father seeking to protect his youngest sister from the curses of feminine vanity; a couple fallen into feral love, and exploring a cave of their own making; and more. I pored over this slim volume for weeks, not wanting it to end.… (plus d'informations)

The daughter of an Iranian immigrant father and American mother, Jasmine returns home to small town Georgia after failing out of college. her father decides an arranged marriage will resolve the situation and sets about finding a suitable match. Jasmine attempts to come to some understanding of her emotionally distant parents and her own identity while wondering if they just might be right about the relative brevity of romantic love. A lovely story that illuminates some of the struggles and confusions of cross-cultural families and both the special connection and the frustrations of the relationships between immigrants and their children. Not a "heavy" book, but well worth reading.… (plus d'informations)