Book Event: Atash Yaghmaian

Book Launch: Atash Yaghmaian presents My Name Means Fire: A MemoirLocal Iranian-American author Atash Yaghmaian launches her unflinching and stunning debut memoir My Name Means Fire at Greenlight! Set against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini’s regime, and the 8-year Iran-Iraq War, My Name Means Fire is Atash’s story of survival as she experiences tragic events including sexual abuse, a mother who subjected her to superstitious rituals, and the horrors of war. In chapters alternating with what’s happening in her outside world, her other parts—each named after a color—tell the story of her inner world, giving readers an understanding of what it’s like to be inside the consciousness of someone who is multiple. Challenging the stigma and misinformation around dissociative identity disorder (DID) and ultimately reckoning with what it takes to survive, Yaghmaian discusses the honest, powerful, and moving memoir, before an audience Q&A and signing.

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