I feel like I learned so much about Iranian persian baihai etc culture religion & language. I want to try persian food and visit iran one day. I resonated with the depression so much. I saw myself emotionally and culturally in this story. As a daughter of two jamaican immigrants I still feel envious of others with a language and solid intact culture not overly tainted by slavery and such like most of the Caribbean. I found two playlist one modern and another full of persian music new and old. I enjoyed listening to them both while reading. I teared up a little.