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A Yard of Sky: A Story of Love, Resistance and Hope
By (Author) Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
By (author) Richard Ratcliffe
Vintage Publishing
Chatto & Windus
17th October 2023
United Kingdom
Paperback
304
Width 153mm, Height 234mm, Spine 40mm
700g
For the first time, here is the full untold story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's imprisonment , her husband Richard's tireless campaign for her release and how the support of the British public galvanised politicians, won her freedom and brought their family back together PREORDER THE HEART-STOPPING BOOK EVERYONE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IN 2023 The extraordinary story that united the nation to bring a mother home On 3 April 2016 Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was at the airport in Tehran, getting ready to board her flight with her baby daughter. They'd been visiting family in Iran, and were looking forward to getting home and seeing Richard, who would be there to meet them. When a man suddenly appeared and marched Nazanin away, they couldn't know their family was about to be changed forever. That moment would test their love, confront five foreign secretaries and take an ordinary family behind the curtain of international hostage diplomacy and secret debts. Their story galvanised a campaign of hope for millions, which would eventually free Nazanin and bring her home. Six years later, almost to the day, Nazanin landed back in the UK. This is the full account of that long journey, told by Nazanin and Richard for the very first time.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is an Iranian-British citizen who was detained in Iran between April 2016 and March 2022 under false charges of spying against the Iranian government. She was separated from her two-year-old daughter and her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, who campaigned for her release back in the UK. Her case became a very public part of a long-running dispute between Britain and Iran. The book of Nazanin and Richard's story is being published in 2023.