Here’s the blurb, taken from the dust jacket of the book: It’s an important story, one that needs to be told, and the fact that you learn so much from it, even though it’s historical fiction (but based closely on the author’s family history), says a lot. The Septembers of Shiraz was written in a very accessible and engaging way, and it is the type of book that stays with you long after you’ve read it. Some books do that – they intimidate me, especially if they’re popular and I have even the slightest idea of the plot. So I finally had the book! I felt anxious about starting it, as I thought it would be a very complicated and distant topic, one that I would struggle to understand or that I would need more background knowledge to be able to fully comprehend. The images below shows you both covers, as well as the film poster on the third one (there’s an adaptation for the big screen featuring Adrien Brody and Salma Hayek, which I haven’t watched yet, but really want to.) I was even able to purchase the edition with this particular cover, the one with the silver teapot, which is the one I preferred. When I couldn’t find it there either, a friend of mine suggested I look into a second-hand website for books, and that’s how it became mine.

It was a bit difficult to find, it wasn’t in any bookshops, I tried to find it online, but I think it wasn’t available at the time, so I visited some local second-hand bookshops to look for it. It became one of my favourite books ever and certainly one of the best that form part of this #MonthlyTitles challenge list. But not for long, as I somehow knew this would be the one, I don’t know why, and I turned out to be right. When doing my research for September and the #MonthlyTitles challenge, I also found a couple more books with September in their titles and hesitated which one to choose.

I absolutely loved The Septembers of Shiraz and I knew it would be a special one, I was really drawn to it from the first time I looked at it. The Septembers of Shiraz: #MonthlyTitles book review

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