New York:: Harcourt Brace & Company,, 1999.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in near fine dust jacket (a new, unread copy but with crinkling and a short tear to the bottom of the spine of the dj.). First printing. Iranian-born author's second novel, an epic tale which follows Roxanna, born as a bad-luck child in the Jewish ghetto in Tehran, through the worlds of Iran's aristocracy to the whorehouses of Turkey and then to modern day Los Angeles. INSCRIBED on the title page ("To --- with best wishes") and dated March 1999, in the year of publication.

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One star-studded night, five-year-old Lili witnesses her mother, Roxanna the Angel, sprout wings and vanish into the sky, undisturbed by the rules of gravity. Roxanna leaves no farewell, no word of explanation, no trace of her existence. Lili's subsequent search for her mother-spurred by the tireless efforts of her aunt Miriam the Moon-is at the heart of this mesmerizing epic tale that follows Roxanna, born as a bad-luck child in the harsh Jewish ghetto of Tehran, through the opulent world of Iran's aristocracy, to the whorehouses of Turkey and beyond, to present-day Los Angeles. At stake are Roxanna's hopes for happiness, for escaping the bonds of Old World tradition and finding forgiveness for that most egregious of sins-desire. Weaving together strands of Persian and Jewish culture, Gina Nahai brings to life a courageous circle of women rooted in their homeland but reshaping their lives in America, the land of chances and choices.

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Bookseller: Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 28566
Title: MOONLIGHT ON THE AVENUE OF FAITH.
Author: Nahai, Gina B
Format/Binding: SIGNED hardcover first edition -
Book Condition: New
Jacket Condition: near fine
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0151003882
ISBN 13: 9780151003884
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company,
Place of Publication: New York:
Date Published: 1999.
Keywords: iran, tehran, immigrants,
Bookseller catalogs: Central Asia and the Middle East;

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