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Laura Fitzgerald will read from and sign copies of Veil of Roses in the Firefly Room of the Wauwatosa Public Library, 7635 West North Avenue, on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.
Veil of Roses is Ms. Fitzgerald’s first published novel. It is the much praised story about freedom in both its large and small forms, and it’s about choices and courage. Tamila’s parents send her to America to “wake up her luck” and find a husband during a three month visa. Tami arrives in Tucson to live with her older sister, Maryam. Tami understands the responsibilities, expectations and duty of what it means to be an Iranian daughter. She knows she must marry an Iranian, but the would-be husbands turn out to be a neurotic germaphobe and a control freak. Instead, Tami drinks in the freedoms of an American girl and meets Ike. She discovers not only an enticing new country but the roots of her own independence. Tami and Maryam have different memories of the earlier years in Iran and the family’s previous time in America. Eventually the sisters share their knowledge and fears so Tami can finally understand what she was too young to know. The author has written a novel filled with despair, love, passion, discovery and hope. Come and meet her.
