Book Review: A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi

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Book Review: A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi

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This was not what I was expecting… this book is very different from Tahereh Mafi’s other books – no flowery imagery – direct, straigthforward, no bs. It was refreshing when I allowed myself to see it as separate, more personal. The fact is as a half Persian girl myself, I still felt so seen just for the family aspect and commonly always having to let people misjudge my culture and mistaken my traditions and beliefs (in my case, my non-beliefs) with generalizations and frivolous stereotypes. 

“Those we love never truly leave us, Harry. There are things that death cannot touch.” 

“In every shining moment of happiness is that drop of poison: the knowledge that pain will come again. Be honest to those you love, show your pain. To suffer is as human as to breathe.” 

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