Promotional Information

• Advance reader copies
• Outreach to Iranian community in US
• Radio and podcast interviews on NPR and elsewhere
• SIBA and NAIBA conferences
  
• Goodreads Giveaway
• Online and social media campaign centered on girls’ education and girls’ rights
• Outreach to book clubs and reading groups
  

About the Author

Mojgan Ghazirad is a medical doctor and currently works as an assistant professor of pediatrics at The George Washington University. She holds an MFA in creative writing and has published three collections of short stories in Farsi. Her essays have appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review, Idaho Review, Longreads, The Common, Bombay Review, and Assignment. She lives with her family in Great Falls, Virginia.

Reviews

“This is a coming-of-age story that has a lot to teach readers and will appeal to adults and teens alike.”—Booklist"Mojgan Ghazirad’s stellar debut novel is based on her own harrowing experience growing up in Tehran during the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Through the eyes of young Moji, we witness the fear, her family’s travel to the U.S. and their eventual return when Iran is at war with Iraq, and the oppressive changes to her country because of it."—Ms. Magazine"Mojgan Ghazirad's debut novel is a polished gem for readers across age groups . . . an unforgettable journey through history, the pains of growing up, and the power of storytelling."—Elizabeth DeNoma, for Shelf Awareness“A tender, meditative debut that examines one family’s experience of the Iranian Revolution. Bravely delves into politics, religion, sexuality, culture, family bonds and friendships. Beautiful and elegiac.”—Chinelo Okparanta, Under the Udala Trees and Harry Sylvester Bird"I have known Mojgan Ghazirad's work for years, and I am thrilled that others are now going to have the opportunity to experience it. Mojgan is a writer of an incredible power and grace. The House on Sun Street is as timely as it is timeless, full of unforgettable characters, harrowing moments, and the struggles of a young girl to make sense of a world set aflame."—Wiley Cash, When Ghosts Come Home and A Land More Kind Than Home"Lives that have been ruptured by revolution, war, and the cruel whims of autocracy are explored with deep tenderness and refreshing honesty in this novel about a young girl’s coming of age in Iran. As Moji experiences the pull of first love and an adolescence shaped by political turmoil, the bonds of a loving family and power of ancient stories sustain her. A beautiful debut.”—Marjan Kamali, The Stationery Shop