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Book

My name means fire : a memoir

Call Number

  • 921 Y128 (CEN, EAS, OSH, POW, WSQ)

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Publication Information

Boston : Beacon Press, [2025]

Physical Description

xi, 234 pages ; 23 cm

Summary

Atash Yaghmaian's powerful memoir of survival, resilience, and self-discovery. Growing up in Iran during the Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War, Atash endured abuse, fear, and oppression both at home and in society. To escape the pain, she retreated into an inner world she called the House of Stone, where nine parts of herself--each named for a color--helped her endure and make sense of her trauma. Blending memory and imagination, Yaghmaian illuminates life under tyranny and the inner experience of living with dissociative identity disorder, offering a courageous story of healing and hope.

Contents

  • My name means fire
  • Red
  • Children of the revolution
  • Blue
  • My heroin-addicted uncle becomes my babysitter
  • Orange
  • Heaven on earth
  • Green
  • Words and rivers
  • White
  • All about my suitors
  • Gray
  • Her & him
  • Scarlet
  • Rock bottom
  • Burgundy
  • From rugs to riches
  • Black
  • The far island.

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