Summary of Geraldine Brooks's Nine Parts of Desire

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 I was the only one who wasn’t crying as the bus full of women inched its way through Tehran traffic toward Khomeini’s house. #2 Ruhollah, an impoverished clerical student from the village of Khomein, had been twenty-seven when he asked for the hand of fifteen-year-old Khadija Saqafi. Her father, a prominent ayatollah, didn’t think much of the match, but Khadija felt differently. She had glimpsed her suitor whe