Roya gave a very good account of her growing up years in an oppressed communist country.It was both informative and heartfelt.
She probably was saved early on by her father's writing talent....he was well thought of, and it probably kept her from being taken from her classroom and killed.
Combine that with her own talent for writing, and you have a good book, and a pictorial of a life that is hard to understand by the standards we have here in the United States.
It is hard to remember that other countries are not so lucky as we are.