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  • An Anglo-Iranian Love Story
  • Written by: Katharine Quarmby
  • Narrated by: Polly Lee
  • Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
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Blood and Water

Written by: Katharine Quarmby
Narrated by: Polly Lee
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In this poignant book, the writer and investigative journalist Katharine Quarmby describes the 20-year search for her Iranian birth father and her own adoption history. She links this narrative to the wider story that she uncovered during her search - of the many missing Iranian military fathers, who disappeared after the Iranian Revolution, but who are still sought by so many Iranian love-children in Britain today. Her narrative is a meditation on the importance of both birth and adoptive families - and a challenge to those who would set aside the importance of race as a factor in adoption. She describes what it feels like to search and discover your roots, in a moving story that takes her to Iran undercover, on a secret visit - a visit that changes her forever. The love of the parents who raised her gave her the courage to find her birth father. This is her tribute to both her families.
©2013 Katharine Quarmby (P)2014 Audible Inc.
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Interesting journey

I found the story to be unexpected but interesting. I liked the writing and how the story unfolded.

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