Despite her lowly station, the young woman blossoms as a brilliant weaver of carpets, a rarity in a craft dominated by men.īut while her artistic gift flourishes, her prospects for a happy marriage grow dim. There they will work as servants for her uncle Gostaham, a rich rug designer in the court of the Shah, and be lorded over by Gostaham's wife.
Alone and penniless, she and her grieving mother are forced to sell the brilliant turquoise rug the young woman has woven,meant, of course, for her married life, to pay for their journey to Isfahan. But when her beloved father dies, collapsing in the field where he works with the other men from their village, there is no hope for a dowry.
At the age of fourteen, a young woman in 17th-century Persia believes she will be married within the year.
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