Both a love story and a luminous portrait of a city, The Blood of Flowers is the mesmerizing historical novel of an ill-fated young woman whose gift as a rug designer transforms her life. Illuminated with fascinating detail of Persian rug-making, and bringing to life the sights, sounds, and life of seventeenth-century Isfahan, The Blood of Flowers is a timeless tale of one woman's struggle to live a life of her choosing. Kirkus ...Reviews wrote that the novel is "a lavishly detailed debut, in which some of the simple values of a folktale are woven together with richer (and more modern) women-centered life lessons." Join us for a special event when the author will read from and discuss her novel.
Anita Amirrezvani was born in Tehran, Iran, and lives in Northern California. For ten years, she was a staff dance critic for newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has received fellowships from the National Arts Journalism Program, the NEA's Arts Journalism Institute for Dance, and the Hedgebrook Foundation for Women Writers.
Co-sponsored by Chabot College Foundation, Chabot College Book Club, Hayward Public Library, Friends of the Hayward Library, and AAUW Hayward/Castro Valley Branch.
