At last, Khanum the beautiful mistress of her own eventful world, is able to return to her beloved country. As she unfolds the stories of her adventurous life, some of which are ethereal and joyous, some a black nightmare of agony, we are given vivid insights into how traumatic events can suddenly change lives. These glimpses of Khanum's ordeals and her intriguing country can now be fully experienced in all their impelling wonder. It is possible to understand the enormous impact social mores and political transgressions have on ordinary lives. As the high morality and longing for justice of Iran's people is revealed, refined as it has been in the fires of war, with the suffering and loss of so many loved ones, it is possible to realise the enormity of what has happened to Iran, as well as what keeps happening to the sexually abused, all over the world.
