Then Sahar discovers what seems like the perfect solution: homosexuality may be a crime, but to be a man trapped in a woman’s body is seen as nature’s mistake, and sex reassignment is legal and accessible. So they carry on in secret until Nasrin’s parents suddenly announce that they’ve arranged for her marriage. But Iran is a dangerous place for two girls in love-Sahar and Nasrin could be beaten, imprisoned, even executed. It concludes that the author evokes transnational and transgender issues as secondary story lines, while the novels primary concern is with female personal power in an age of unprecedented opportunities for young lesbian women. They’ve shared stolen kisses and romantic promises. This article examines Sarah Farizans young adult novel If You Could Be Mine. Seventeen-year-old Sahar has been in love with her best friend, Nasrin, since they were six. This Forbidden Romance Could Cost Them Their Lives
Sahar will never be able to love the one she wants, in the body she wants to be loved in, without risking her life.Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Children’s/Young AdultĪ Booklist Top 10 First Novels for Youth 2013Ī Chicago Public Library “Best of the Best” 2013
As a man, Sahar could be the one to marry Nasrin. In Iran, homosexuality may be a crime, but to be a man trapped in a woman's body is seen as nature's mistake, and sex reassignment is legal and accessible. But Sahar dreams of loving Nasrin exclusively-and openly.Then Sahar discovers what seems like the perfect solution. Nasrin tries to persuade Sahar that they can go on as they have been, only now with new comforts provided by the decent, well-to-do doctor Nasrin will marry.
But Iran is a dangerous place for two girls in love-Sahar and Nasrin could be beaten, imprisoned, even executed if their relationship came to light.So they carry on in secret-until Nasrin's parents announce that they've arranged for her marriage. They've shared stolen kisses and romantic promises.
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