Katrin�s story begins with the tragic death of her sister who committed suicide at the age of seventeen while engaged to her Moslem fianc�, because family members on both sides were opposed to the inter-faith marriage. Katrin�s story through Iran�s revolution includes some of Reza�s experiences whose family actively participated in the revolution, interpolated into Katrin�s story, such as the return of a family friend who was abducted by Shah�s secret police and was presumed dead. Her story continues through post-revolution Iran where Bahais were openly discriminated against with accounts of how the changes in Iran affected her family and love life. The story includes candid insights into how people of Iran felt about the United States during these years. The story takes a dangerous turn when Katrin and her sister flee Iran with the aid of drug traffickers on camel backs through the desert into Pakistan where they lived for two years before coming to the United States.
Her story in the United States is a personal account with a fresh view of an Iranian Bahai who is new to the western culture as she struggles to find her place in life. There are more twists and turns when she falls in love with a Moslem man who is younger than her and his mother will not give her blessing to their marriage.
The book will available for purchase via Amazon.com and other online retailers on July 10th, 2006. To find out more about the book go to http://www.veiledsouls.com
Reza Safrnejad
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