Nazemian Abdi - Only This Beautiful Moment - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Stonewall Book Award Winner * A Best Book of the Year from the Guardian AL a Booklist Kirkus Reviews and Book Page From the award winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three generations of boys in the same Iranian family. Perfect for fans of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and Darius the Great Is Not Okay. 2019. Moud is an out gay teen living in Los Angeles with his distant father Saeed. When Moud gets the news that his grandfather in Iran is dying he accompanies his dad to Tehran where the revelation of family secrets will force Moud into a new understanding of his history his culture and himself.1978. Saeed is an engineering student with a promising future ahead of him in Tehran. But when his parents discover his involvement in the country's burgeoning revolution they send him to safety in America a country Saeed despises. And even worse he's forced to live with the American grandmother he never knew existed.1939. Bobby the son of a calculating Hollywood stage mother lands a coveted MGM studio contract. But the fairy - tale world of glamour he's thrust into has a dark side. Set against the backdrop of Tehran and Los Angeles this tale of intergenerational trauma and love is an ode to the fragile bonds of family the hidden secrets of history and all the beautiful moments that make us who we are today. A CCBC 2024 Choices for the Fiction for Young Adult category!
Title: Only This Beautiful Moment
Author(s): Nazemian Abdi
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780063039377
Pages: 400 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 5/9/2023