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

4.0

Huge, historical things happen in this book about children and parents in Iran from 1983 to 2011. And yet, it has a slow pace to it because the huge things that happen happen largely outside of the detailed scenes in the book. The history of oppressive regimes and rebellions are the back drop, but it's essentially a character study. Really compelling interwoven stories, though you don't exactly get to know any one character with depth, there's a depth to the characters considered as a whole.