Odyssey of High Hopes

Chock-full of anecdotes told with passion and humor, Cyrus A. Ansary's Odyssey of High Hopes is an exquisitely written memoir about an immigrant's harrowing, captivating, and sometimes funny rollercoaster ride across the slopes of the American Dream. From the dark and crime-infested tenements of South Tehran to the pinnacle of global finance is the inspiring story of a skinny teenager's hell-for-leather determination to rise above poverty and obscurity to secure a coveted American education. A f