I Kept Walking

<p><strong><em>I Kept Walking</em></strong><em> </em>opens in 1940s <strong>Tehran</strong> when a misguided prank leaves three- year-old Minou frozen in fear. Days later a doctor breaks the news to her mother: Your daughter has polio.</p><p><br></p><p>To understand why nothing is as it seems-the cause of her <strong>polio</strong> or why her dutiful <strong>Jewish</strong> mother who was married off at 13 thwarted her dream of marriage Minou must flee <strong>Iran</strong> and confront the <strong>psychological</strong> toll of her polio.</p><p><br></p><p><em>I Kept Walking </em>is the audacious account of a bold young woman who was unwilling to be crushed by polio or the prohibitions of a conservative society.</p><p><br></p><p>From the labyrinth of narrow alleys in Tehran's Grand Bazaar to a <strong>Jerusalem</strong> hospital room this unforgettable <strong>memoir</strong> depicts a young woman's struggle to embrace her culture while defying its taboos.</p><p><br></p><p>This <strong>immigrant</strong> story will resonate with <strong>mothers and daughters</strong> <strong>Jews</strong> and <strong>Persians</strong> as well as anyone who has braved the unknown and kept on walking. </p><p><br></p>