#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE * A "brilliant" (The Boston Globe) memoir of one Iranian teacher's steadfast pursuit to educate young women under a government that sought to stifle them "An inspiring account of an insatiable desire...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, AND BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER * One of the most acclaimed books of our time: an unforgettable memoir about a young woman who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University ...