Machine generated contents note: Part 1 -- London Calling -- London -- Hyde Park -- Back in Iran -- Marcourt Lawns -- A New Guest at the Party -- Part 2 -- Montpelier School -- Cinema Rex -- Masood -- 16 January 1979 -- Asghar Agha -- Just Like Her Father -- Iran---Iraq War -- Madeley Road -- Madar Jaan -- Nativity Play -- Assembly -- Being English -- Onstage -- Mahsa -- Part 3 -- Getting Older -- Brainwashing -- Rana Dean -- The Phone Call -- Terrorists in Madeley Road -- With Enemies Like These -- Safe at Home -- Rows About Cheese -- Scholars -- Rana -- Refugees
Summary
It's 1977 and life in Iran is becoming unpredictable. The Shah will be overthrown and events are about to take place on the world stage. But for five-year-old Shappi Khorsandi all this means is that she must flee, leaving behind a mad extended Iran clan and everything she has ever known