One day at a time complete edition

This is Leila`s story. Born and raise in Iran her childhood is comfortable if not without incident. Leila decide to study in America but returns to Iran after three years in order to agree to an arranged marriage. Her husband attractive and attentive initially becomes increasingly aggressive and violent; cruelly subjecting Leila to the vagaries of his temper and his constant womanising. Leila stays unbendingly faithful and escapes war torn Iran with her husband and young son. When they settle in America Leila witness the final breakup of her family and her mental and physical deterioration is completed when she is diagnose with MS. With her father`s impending death she must return to Iran and the family she left behind. Why does this terrify her so thoroughly? Through the recollection of her drying father and the order she brings to the upheavals to her life and his grave side she can finally untangle the emotional complexities of the past and face the future with confidence.