The old saying, "It takes a village to raise a child" rings true in this bona fide autobiography. Houshang Moradi Kermani grew up in the village of Sirch to become Iran's eminent author of fiction for children and young adults. These are the many true stories he experienced that became the inspiration for his works. With a father who suffers from mental illness and a mother who died in his infancy, young Hooshoo is challenged at a very early age to overcome emotional strains and find his true identity. His love for reading and writing becomes his tool for survival through the pains of his unusual childhood. He spends a blissful and nostalgic youth in the village before moving to the city in his adolescence. Every experience and hardship he goes through in the city of Kerman impacts his destiny and leads him to the place in life he knew he was meant to reach.
The old saying, "It takes a village to raise a child" rings true in this bona fide autobiography. Houshang Moradi Kermani grew up in the village of Sirch to become Iran's eminent author of fiction for children and young adults. These are the many true stories he experienced that became the inspiration for his works. With a father who suffers from mental illness and a mother who died in his infancy, young Hooshoo is challenged at a very early age to overcome emotional strains and find his true identity. His love for reading and writing becomes his tool for survival through the pains of his unusual childhood. He spends a blissful and nostalgic youth in the village before moving to the city in his adolescence. Every experience and hardship he goes through in the city of Kerman impacts his destiny and leads him to the place in life he knew he was meant to reach.