Oscar nominee and Emmy AwardΓ’β¬βwinning actress Shohreh Aghdashloo shares her remarkable personal journeyΓ’β¬βfrom a childhood in the ShahΓ’β¬β’s Iran to the red carpets of HollywoodΓ’β¬βin The Alley of Love and Yellow Jasmines, a dazzling memoir of family, faith, and hope.
When Shohreh Aghdashloo was growing up in Teheran, stardom was a distant dream, especially since her parents had more practical plans for their daughterΓ’β¬Β¦
When revolution swept Iran in 1978, the Ayatollah KhomeiniΓ’β¬β’s religious regime brought stifling restrictions on women and art. Shohreh Aghdashloo seized the moment and boldly left her husband for Europe and eventually, America, a vastly different culture.
Shohreh Aghdashloo writes poignantly about her struggles as an outsider in a new cultureΓ’β¬βas a woman, a Muslim, and a PersianΓ’β¬βadapting to a new land and a new language, and shares behind-the-scenes stories about what itΓ’β¬β’s really like to be an actress in Hollywood.
The Alley of Love and Yellow Jasmines includes original color photographs from the author.
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