Nahid Sewell

Biography

Nahid Sewell was born in Tehran, Iran. After obtaining her M.B.A. from Lehigh University, she launched a successful career in Information Technology and is the author of four non-fiction books and hundreds of articles. In her debut novel, she offers a glimpse into the life of women in Iran and hopes to deliver a message of tolerance.

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Books

The Ruby Tear Catcher
Price: $7.95 USD. Words: 91,880. Language: English. Published: February 7, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » General
The Ruby Tear Catcher is the heartwarming story of an Iranian woman whose life is uprooted during the Islamic Revolution in Iran in the 1970s and 1980s. While jailed in a Tehran for her father's alleged crimes, Leila tells her story in flashback, describing her childhood in Tehran, college in the US and return to Iran post-revolution, where she experiences radical changes, particularly for women.