In fundamentalist Iran, pregnancy is often a death sentence. Women who have lost their virginity outside of wedlock face public execution. And even if they manage to escape the justice system - the highest punishment can be imposed by members of their own families ...
Born in the slums of a Muslim father and a Jewish mother, Kooshyar Karimi received his education and became a successful physician, award-winning writer, and father adoring his daughter. He may have lived a comfortable life, but his conscience would not let him - he could not refuse unmarried women begging him to save their lives by performing an abortion, otherwise these women would be stoned to death.
Thanks to Kooshyar Karimi's book, The Secret of Leila, you will learn about the stories of women who face execution for becoming pregnant or losing their virginity outside of marriage.
One of them is Leila, twenty-two years old. Beautiful, intelligent, full of life, she wants to study at the university, but her family, strictly following the dictates of faith, does not consent to it. Returning from the library one day - each exit requires special permission - Leila falls in love with the handsome owner of the boutique ...
Kooshyar has saved countless women, but Leila seeks his help for another reason, one that will haunt him for years and years. will inspire you to undertake an impossible mission, when he manages to escape from Iran and, after great hardships, settle in distant Australia.
Leila's Mystery is a fascinating and touching book, presenting the everyday life of women in a country where love can be a crime. However, despite all its tragedy, this unforgettable reading paradoxically lifts the readers' spirits, because the author gives us the hope that we ourselves - and the stories we tell - can stand up to evil.
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