{"product_id":"9781609453503","title":"The Gardens of Consolation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParisa Reza has written a powerful love story filled with scenes of hope and heartbreak centered around an Iranian woman named Talla, \"a formidable and hard-to-forget heroine (\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e),\" whose pursuit for a better life runs with the backdrop of a rapidly changing Iran. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early 1920s, in the remote village of Ghamsar, Talla and Sardar, two teenagers dreaming of a better life, fall in love and marry. Sardar brings his young bride with him across the mountains to the suburbs of Tehran, where the couple settles down and builds a home. From the outskirts of the capital city, they will watch as the Qajar dynasty falls and Reza Khan rises to power as Reza Shah Pahlavi. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInto this family of illiterate shepherds is born Bahram, a boy whose brilliance and intellectual promise are apparent from a very young age. Through his education, Bahram will become a fervent follower of reformer Mohammad Mosaddegh and will participate first-hand in his country's political and social upheavals.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Europa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052828803312,"sku":"9781609453503","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781609453503_p0.jpg?v=1763835326","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781609453503","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}