KATY MOTIEY at Books Inc. Palo Alto

Join Katy Motiey at Books Inc. Palo Alto for a celebration of her novel Imperfect!

Imperfect is the story of one woman's loss, courage, love, and perseverance before and during the Iranian Revolution. Based on the experiences of the author's mother, Vida Shamsa's life takes an unexpected and dramatic turn with the sudden death of her young husband in 1971. Struggling against the patriarchal customs of Iran, she is faced with fighting her husband's family for control of her children and her life. Never giving up fighting for her son and daughter, she challenges Iran's legal and personal injustices against the backdrop of political unrest during the Shah's regime, the rise of Khomeini, and the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. Imperfect engages the reader in a quest for equality for a single mother who rages against outdated traditions and her need to control her life in order to protect her children, whom she loves above all else.

Katy Motiey is an attorney, the Chief Legal, Administrative and Sustainability Officer at a US publicly traded company. She graduated from Georgetown University, undergraduate and law school. Although she was born in Iran, she immigrated to the US from Iran at age ten with her mother and brother during the Iranian Revolution. Katy has been devoted to her work having been General Counsel for seven CEOs and worked for multiple multinational corporations, including three publicly traded companies. Though dedicated to her career, Katy enjoys spending time with family, including her remarkable mother, the subject of her first novel. In 2018, she reconnected and now lives with her loving significant other, Robert, a childhood classmate from Iran, and their adorable dog Molly (aka “Killer”). During her free time, she enjoys playing tennis, skiing, working out, and spending time with amazing friends and neighbors.

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