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The Rose Hotel by Rahimeh Andalibian (2015 ed.)

In The Rose Hotel, Rahimeh Andalibian delivers a searing memoir of family, trauma, and redemption. She recounts growing up in luxury at her family’s jasmine-scented Rose Hotel in Mashhad, Iran, before the 1979 revolution uprooted them—first to Tehran, then London, and finally California.

The narrative confronts two brutal crimes: a rape avenged by her father and a murder implicating her beloved elder brother—events that stain their lives with hidden truths and silenced grief.

As the family navigates shattered wealth, shifting values, and intergenerational pain, Andalibian—a clinical psychologist—threads her professional insight into a story of healing that bridges cultures, confronts traditions, and honors love.

The Rose Hotel is an intimate, emotionally resonant journey from privilege to peril to self-discovery. It’s for readers drawn to cultural memoirs, family secrets, immigrant resilience, and Reading Lolita in Tehran-style storytelling.

Copyright: This paperback advanced reader’s edition was published by National Geographic in 2015 with cover art including “ADVANCED READER’S EDITION”.

Condition: Good. Used. 

ISBN-10: 1426214790

ISBN-13: 9781426214790

Dewey Decimal: 305.48