Honeymoon in Purdah: An Iranian Journey

By Alison Wearing

To go beyond the legacy of revolution, religious fundamentalism and veiled women and find the real people of Iran, a young Canadian dons the cloak of Islam. The result of Alison Wearing's journey is a warm, funny and shocking collection of riveting portraits and stories about the generous, irrepressible people she met. With a novelist's love of language and eye for detail, she takes the reader into the homes and hearts of people whose spirit, intelligence and laughter enlighten and impress. Beautifully written, engaging, fascinating at every turn, Honeymoon in Purdah reveals an Iran rarely seen by Westerners and leads this exceptional bestselling young writer across new literary borders.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Release date: Jan 29, 2010
• ISBN: 9780307374714

Alison Wearing

Alison Wearing is a journalist and travel writer. She lives in Canada, where she has received the National Magazine Award and the Western Canada Magazine Award. Honeymoon in Purdah is her first book.

Reviews for Honeymoon in Purdah

[literarychanteuse · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Very witty! You get a real sense of the journey she is on discovering not only the country and people of Iran but ultimately herself.

[c_why · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Were this book to be read by every high-school student in the USA - American political agression may be radically changed. A book to be read every few years - it contains such tenderness, insight, humour. A whole new world opens up to us vis-a-vis the humanity of the ordinary Iranians in the face of the multitudes of restrictions in their lives. Reading this book always helps to cleanse the tawdry hopelessness & toxicity of the Bush era.