If You Could Be Mine
If You Could Be Mine
Author: Sara Farizan
Desc: Seventeen-year-old Sahar has been in love with her best friend Nasrin since they were six. They’ve shared stolen kisses and romantic promises. 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. 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 Sahar dreams of loving Nasrin exclusively—and openly. Then Sahar discovers what seems like the perfect solution. 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. As a man Sahar could be the one to marry Nasrin. Sahar will never be able to love the one she wants in the body she wants to be loved in without risking her life. Is saving her love worth sacrificing her true self?