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Author Shahram, Nadia.

Title Marriage on the street corners of Tehran : a novel based on the true stories of temporary marriage./ Nadia Shahram.

Publication Info. Scottsdale, AZ : Unhooked Books, [2016]
©2011, ©2016

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Location Call No. Status
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  F SHAHRAM, N.    Check Shelf
Description 319 pages ; 23 cm
Summary Married off at the age of twelve, Ateesh finds the courage to escape her abusive arranged marriage, only to find herself trapped in the oppressive but socially accepted practice of temporary marriage. Here is her touching and tragic story of strength and survival.
Subject Temporary marriage -- Iran -- Tehran -- Fiction.
Arranged marriage -- Iran -- Tehran -- Fiction.
Abused women -- Iran -- Tehran -- Fiction.
Abused wives -- Iran -- Tehran -- Fiction.
Tehran (Iran) -- Fiction.
Muslim women -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
Iran -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Abused wives. (OCoLC)fst00794854
Abused women. (OCoLC)fst00794870
Arranged marriage. (OCoLC)fst00815057
Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
Muslim women -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01031015
Temporary marriage. (OCoLC)fst01147495
Iran. (OCoLC)fst01204889
Iran -- Tehran. (OCoLC)fst01204877
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
ISBN 9781936268177 (paperback)
1936268175 (paperback)
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