A review by saba_ts
Children of the Jacaranda Tree by Sahar Delijani

4.0

I read a review about this book in which the reviewer was saying that maybe this story would have been better if the author hadn't been so close to the subject matter, I strongly disagree. I believe that the best books are the ones in which the author is completely immersed in the subject matter. That is the only way to write, the only way to do justice to a story.

And I believe that Sahar Delijani has done this story justice. The way she describes the revolution and the consequences of one is spot on. And the way she tells the story of generation after generation being marred by the harm done in the name of rebuilding a country, it is just breath-taking.

Very well done, Ms. Delijani.