Sara Farizan

PRADAS (A Group for Adults Reading Teen Novels) Open to the Community Wednesday, March 25, 2015 6:30-7:30 p.m. Books & Company (April 15~ Stolen by Lucy Christopher ) Lisa N. will lead a discussion on If you could be mine by Sara Farizan. Seventeen-year-old Sahar has been in love with her best friend, Nasrin, since they were six. They've shared stolen kisses and romantic promises. But Iran is a dangerous place for two girls in love--Sahar and Nasrin could be beaten, imprisoned, even executed. So they carry on in secret until Nasrin's parents suddenly announce that they've arranged for her marriage. Then Sahar discovers what seems like the perfect solution: homosexuality may be a crime, but to be a man trapped in a woman's body is seen as nature's mistake, and sex reassignment is legal and accessible. Sahar will never be able to love Nasrin in the body she wants to be loved in without risking their lives, but is saving their love worth sacrificing her true self?

Location: Street: 1039 Summit Ave City: Oconomowoc, Province: Wisconsin Postal Code: 53066-4457 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

Not Your Mother’s Book Club™ celebrates the launch of 2014 Lambda Literary Award-winner (If You Could Be Mine) Sara Farizan's latest work, Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel. Both personal and universal, this is a compelling story about high school, family and owning up to who you really are. Farizan is just the voice YA needs right now. Trust me, you'll be glad you listened. --Sarah Dessen High-school junior Leila has made it most of the way through Armstead Academy without having a crush on anyone, which is something of a relief. Her Persian heritage already makes her different from her classmates; if word got out that she liked girls, life would be twice as hard. But when a sophisticated, beautiful new girl, Saskia, shows up, Leila starts to take risks she never thought she would, especially when it looks as if the attraction between them is mutual. Struggling to sort out her growing feelings and Saskia s confusing signals, Leila confides in her old friend, Lisa, and grows closer to her fellow drama tech-crew members, especially Tomas, whose comments about his own sexuality are frank, funny, wise, and sometimes painful. Gradually, Leila begins to see that almost all her classmates are more complicated than they first appear to be, and many are keeping fascinating secrets of their own.

Location: Books Inc. Street: 2275 Market St City: San Francisco, Province: California Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

Not Your Mother's Books Club™ proudly presents The Gender Blender, with two debut authors--Sarah Farizan, author of If you could be mine, and Kristin Elizabeth Clark, author of Freakboy--who's books pack an emotional, sentimental punch, while eloquently and beautifully raising important topics ranging from oppressive, homophobic societies, to the added pressures of being a teen dealing with gender identity issues.

Location: Books Inc. Street: 301 Castro Street City: Mountain View, Province: California Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

If you could be mine was a buzz book at this year’s Book Expo America, and the momentum for this book has never stopped. This is not a typical story about two girls who have been in love as long as they have been friends. This novel takes place in Tehran, where it is illegal to have same-sex relations and the punishment is severe, up to and including execution. Join in the conversation, appropriate for young and older alike, and meet this amazing debut author.

Location: Street: 2810 Artesia Boulevard City: Redondo Beach, Province: California Postal Code: 90278 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

Seventeen-year-old Sahar has been in love with her best friend, Nasrin, since they were six. They’ve shared stolen kisses and romantic promises. But Iran is a dangerous place for two girls in love—Sahar and Nasrin could be beaten, imprisoned, even executed if their relationship came to light.

So they carry on in secret—until Nasrin’s parents announce that they’ve arranged for her marriage. Nasrin tries to persuade Sahar that they can go on as they had before, only now with new comforts provided by the decent, well-to-do doctor Nasrin will marry. But Sahar dreams of loving Nasrin exclusively—and openly.

Then Sahar discovers what seems like the perfect solution. In Iran, homosexuality may be a crime, but to be a man trapped in a woman’s body is seen as nature’s mistake, and sex reassignment is legal and accessible. As a man, Sahar could be the one to marry Nasrin. Sahar will never be able to love the one she wants in the body she wants to be loved in without risking her life. Is saving her love worth sacrificing her true self? Sara Farizan, the daughter of Iranian immigrants, lives near Boston, Massachusetts. She is an MFA graduate of Lesley University and holds a BA in film and media studies from American University. This is her first novel.

Location: Andover Bookstore Street: 89 R Main Street City: Andover, (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

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David Levithan is a returning HVYAS fan favorite! David is an American children's book editor and award-winning author. He published his first YA book, Boy Meets Boy, in 2003. Levithan is also the founding editor of PUSH, a Young Adult imprint of Scholastic Press. David is following up his popular last novel Every Day, with Two Boys Kissing, forthcoming from Knopf Books for Young Readers (August 27, 2013) - a story based on true events that features Harry and Craig, two 17-year-olds who are about to take part in a 32-hour marathon of kissing to set a new Guinness World Record—all of which is narrated by a Greek Chorus of the generation of gay men lost to AIDS. Author Image by Jake Hamilton

Sara Farizan was born in Massachusetts. Her parents immigrated from Iran in the seventies, her father a surgeon and her mother a homemaker. Sara grew up feeling different in her private high school not only because of her ethnicity but also because of her liking girls romantically, her lack of excitement in science and math, and her love of writing plays and short stories. She came out of the closet in college. She is an MFA graduate of Lesley University and holds a BA in film and media studies from American University. In her forthcoming book from Algonquin Young Readers If you could be mine (August 20, 2013), seventeen-year-old Sahar has been in love with her best friend, Nasrin, since they were six. They’ve shared stolen kisses and romantic promises. But Iran is a dangerous place for two girls in love—Sahar and Nasrin could be beaten, imprisoned, even executed if their relationship came to light.

Bennett Madison is the author of several books for teenagers, including The Blonde of the Joke (HarperTeen 2009) and his newest book September Girls (HarperTeen 2013). He grew up in Takoma Park, Maryland, went to Sarah Lawrence College, and lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he writes the Lulu Dark series. Bennett’s former occupations include: phone psychic, clothes-folder, no-nonsense receptionist, and writer of not-very-good cartoons.

Hollis Seamon spent years caring for her own young son, and visiting a children’s hospital. She became fascinated and touched by the young people she met there, who remained teenagers no matter how ill they were. Seamon's short stories have recently appeared in numerous publications, and her work has been included in anthologies such as "The Best of the Bellevue Literary Review" (Bellevue Literary Press, 2008), "Celestial Electric Set" (Emrys Foundation, 2008), and "The Strange History of Suzanne LaFleshe and Other Stories of Women and Fatness" (The Feminist Press, 2003). Hollis is Professor of English at the College of Saint Rose in Albany NY and teaches for the Fairfield University MFA in their Creative Writing Program. She lives in Kinderhook, NY. Somebody up there hates you is her first novel for Young Adults.

Location: Street: 6422 Montgomery St., Suite 6 City: Rhinebeck, Province: New York Postal Code: 12572-0482 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

Join Porter Square Books for a reading with Sara Farizan in the Teen Room at the Cambridge Public Library "Accomplished and compassionate . . . A groundbreaking, powerful depiction of gay and transsexual life in Iran . . . An intimate look at life in modern-day Iran and its surprising Westernization, even though much of this culture is clandestine." - Booklist, starred review Seventeen-year-old Sahar has been in love with her best friend, Nasrin, since they were six. They’ve shared stolen kisses and romantic promises. But Iran is a dangerous place for two girls in love—Sahar and Nasrin could be beaten, imprisoned, even executed if their relationship came to light. So they carry on in secret—until Nasrin’s parents announce that they’ve arranged for her marriage. Nasrin tries to persuade Sahar that they can go on as they had before, only now with new comforts provided by the decent, well-to-do doctor Nasrin will marry. But Sahar dreams of loving Nasrin exclusively—and openly. Sara Farizan is an MFA graduate of Lesley University and holds a BA in film and media studies from American University. Sara has been a Hollywood intern, a waitress, a comic book/record store employee, an art magazine blogger, a marketing temp, and an after-school teacher, but above all else she has always been a writer. Sara lives near Boston, has a cool sister, loves Kurosawa films, eighties R&B, and graphic novels, and thinks all kids are awesome. Please Note: This is an off-site event in the Teen Room at the Cambridge Public Library, Main Branch

Location: Street: Cambridge Public Library Main Branch, Teen Room Additional: 449 Broadway City: Cambridge, Province: Massachusetts Postal Code: 02138 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

In this stunning debut, a young Iranian American writer pulls back the curtain on one of the most hidden corners of a much-talked-about culture. Seventeen-year-old Sahar has been in love with her best friend, Nasrin, since they were six. They’ve shared stolen kisses and romantic promises. But Iran is a dangerous place for two girls in love—Sahar and Nasrin could be beaten, imprisoned, even executed if their relationship came to light. So they carry on in secret—until Nasrin’s parents announce that they’ve arranged for her marriage. Nasrin tries to persuade Sahar that they can go on as they have been, only now with new comforts provided by the decent, well-to-do doctor Nasrin will marry. But Sahar dreams of loving Nasrin exclusively—and openly. Then Sahar discovers what seems like the perfect solution. In Iran, homosexuality may be a crime, but to be a man trapped in a woman’s body is seen as nature’s mistake, and sex reassignment is legal and accessible. As a man, Sahar could be the one to marry Nasrin. Sahar will never be able to love the one she wants, in the body she wants to be loved in, without risking her life. Is saving her love worth sacrificing her true self? About the Author Sara Farizan, the daughter of Iranian immigrants, lives near Boston, Massachusetts. She is an MFA graduate of Lesley University and holds a BA in film and media studies from American University. This is her first novel.

Location: Street: 265 Aragon Ave City: Coral Gables, Province: Florida Postal Code: 33134-5008 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)

Join us in welcoming Sara Farizan as she discusses her new Young Adult book "If you could be mine" and the political realities that inspired the story.

Seventeen-year-old Sahar has been in love with her best friend, Nasrin, since they were six. They've shared stolen kisses and romantic promises. But Iran is a dangerous place for two girls in love Sahar and Nasrin could be beaten, imprisoned, even executed if their relationship came to light.So they carry on in secret until Nasrin s parents announce that they ve arranged for her marriage. Nasrin tries to persuade Sahar that they can go on as they had before, only now with new comforts provided by the decent, well-to-do doctor Nasrin will marry. But Sahar dreams of loving Nasrin exclusively and openly.Then Sahar discovers what seems like the perfect solution. In Iran, homosexuality may be a crime, but to be a man trapped in a woman s body is seen as nature s mistake, and sex reassignment is legal and accessible. As a man, Sahar could be the one to marry Nasrin. Sahar will never be able to love the one she wants in the body she wants to be loved in without risking her life. Is saving her love worth sacrificing her true self?

Location: Street: 1189 Euclid Ave NE City: Atlanta, Province: Georgia Postal Code: 30307-1509 Country: United States (afegit de IndieBound)… (més)