This book was okay. It is written by Shirin Ebadi, a very impressive person. She is an Iranian legal expert, who at one time was a judge. In 2003, she wins the Noble Peace Prize.

Throughout the decades, when many of her colleagues and friends fled the country, she stayed, loyal and strong. This is her country, too. You have to admire that, although it is subversive and dangerous in the Islamo-fascist world. All the author really wants to do is live a peaceful life, contribute to society, and raise her children. In some of that, she succeeds.

As we all know, things in the cradle of civilization region have always been a mess. Ms. Ebadi supports the revolution, believing in change for the better and, like most of her country she dis-liked the Western supported Shah. It is a good history lesson, I am reminded that, in the 1980s, the U.S. was on the side of our now defeated enemy, Mr. Sadaam Hussein, as he invaded Iran.

For a tale of living in an atmosphere of oppression, government intimidation, violence, it is not very dramatic or exciting. It is not cold, it is just tame and gentle in its descriptions.

The prose is very nice, and it is a fine book, but for entertainment value, go see Argo.