DOOREH BOOK CLUB

September 8 – Bahrampour, Tara. To See and See Again. (1999) Tara's father,
Essie Bahrampour, an American trained architect, worked as a field officer for
Peace Corps Iran municipal public works volunteers--architects, city/urban
planners, landscape architects in the 1970s. (His Peace Corps experience is
intentionally not mentioned in the book.) Essie met Tara's mother while studying in
America, and Tara grew up moving between their two worlds. Essie grew up the
son of a feudal lord, and as an adult Tara returns to Iran to explore family ties. It's
a beautifully written memoir of growing up in two cultures