![]() ![]() ![]() His mom forced hideous cures on him, his father was his hero.Īnd, yes, “There was a beautiful girl next door. He did grow up in Tehran, leaving in the mid-1970s to attend college in the United States. The book is semi-autobiographical, Seraji says with a smile. There are games of doorbell dash, there are despised teachers. There is a boisterous, loving extended family, complete with a mother who has a potion for every suspected illness, and an adored father who gives the boys boxing lessons in case they need to fight. There is Faheemah, the object of Ahmed’s relentless pursuit. The narrator, Pasha, contentedly chats on his roof for hours with his best friend Ahmed about life and love, while gazing down longingly at the courtyard next door as beautiful Zari cools her feet in a pool. ![]() In his debut novel, “Rooftops of Tehran,” San Ramon author Mahbod Seraji paints a sincere picture of teenagers in Iran in the early 1970s. ![]()
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