Farieh
Novels
By:
Bill Sampson
Farieh Bukhari’s freshman year at the University of Kansas was the success everyone assumed for her after she tested out of her entire undergraduate math degree in a single fall afternoon. Speaking multiple languages and moving effortlessly between classes in petroleum engineering and English literature, Farieh was the darling of the University Honors Program.
During a summer visit to her home in Tehran, Farieh is excited to reunite with Mehri, her best friend, who had stayed in Iran for college. But when the violence of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard chases a terrified Farieh out of her parents’ house, she flees back across the Atlantic Ocean.
Farieh meets Steven soon after her return to school. Handsome, charming, and older, Steven sweeps the vulnerable sophomore off her feet. But as his attentions to her become less frequent they become darker, and Farieh must confront staying in a relationship no longer healthy.
Creatively imagined and beautifully written, Bill Sampson’s novel, Farieh, is fiction at its very best.
-- Bill Tuttle, Professor Emeritus of American Studies at the University of Kansas and the author of several books, including Daddy’s Gone to War: The Second World War in the Lives of America’s Children and Race Riot: Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919
Bill Sampson’s compelling second novel, Farieh, follows the inspiring journey of a brilliant Iranian student as she navigates the complexities of America’s collegiate heartland, leading to a quest of self-discovery while attempting to make a difference in the lives of her fellow students. Highly recommend!
-- Thomas L. Carmody, President, Prairie Fire Entertainment