Oscar nominee and Emmy Awardwinning actress Shohreh Aghdashloo shares her remarkable personal journeyfrom a childhood in the Shahs Iran to the red carpets of Hollywoodin The Alley of Love and Yellow Jasmines, a dazzling memoir of family, faith, and hope.
When Shohreh Aghdashloo was growing up in Teheran, stardom was a distant dream, especially since her parents had more practical plans for their daughter
When revolution swept Iran in 1978, the Ayatollah Khomeinis religious regime brought stifling restrictions on women and art. Shohreh Aghdashloo seized the moment and boldly left her husband for Europe and eventually, America, a vastly different culture.
Shohreh Aghdashloo writes poignantly about her struggles as an outsider in a new cultureas a woman, a Muslim, and a Persianadapting to a new land and a new language, and shares behind-the-scenes stories about what its really like to be an actress in Hollywood.
The Alley of Love and Yellow Jasmines includes original color photographs from the author.
