Mom Said, I Said: The Sayings of a Fourteen-Year-Old Girl to the International Community Based on Her Mother's Poems

By Ava Sel

The words of a fourteen-year old immigrant, expressing the thoughts and emotions, morality and knowledge gained through her journey across horizons. With her mother's poems guiding her through the troubles and accomplishments of life, she has taken her experiences and put them into words, hoping to make a change. She has grown into the person she is, but she will grow into the person she will be.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Mar 29, 2019
• ISBN: 9781645366447

Ava Sel

An immigrant born in 2003 in Tehran, Iran, a fourteen-year-old girl takes an empowering interest in her mother's poems and translates them into the English language, walking through them from the perspective of an eighth grader living in the twenty-first century.

Book preview

Said

About the Author

An immigrant born in 2003 in Tehran, Iran, a fourteen-year-old girl takes an empowering interest in her mother’s poems and translates them into the English language, walking through them from the perspective of an eighth grader living in the twenty-first century.

About the Book

The words of a fourteen-year old immigrant, expressing the thoughts and emotions, morality and knowledge gained through her journey across horizons. With her mother's poems guiding her through the troubles and accomplishments of life, she has taken her experiences and put them into words, hoping to make a change. She has grown into the person she is, but she will grow into the person she will be.

Dedication

Dedicated to my mother who has sacrificed horizons

Copyright Information

Copyright © Ava Sel (2019)

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, write to the publisher.

Any person who commits any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

Ordering Information:

Quantity sales: special discounts are available on quantity purchases by