Farieh, Farieh

Farieh. . . She has been brilliant her entire life. But the academic success so dazzling her freshman year proves uneven in the second, while violence and betrayal stalk her most intimate relationships. Momentous happenings rarely lead you in a straight line. A comfortable path may take you to a place not comfortable at all. Does she stay with Steven? How does she fight for her community? Can she hold onto her truth when thousands of her classmates clamor that she lay it down? Farieh must summon all of her gifts to sort through hard choices familiar to young people everywhere.“Farieh Bukhari is the central character in Bill Sampson’s riveting new novel. Farieh is an international student at the University of Kansas from Iran, and she is both beautiful and brilliant. She had left Iran because it had become a theocratic nightmare. Once at KU as an honors student, she encounters a fascinating array of fellow students and faculty, and as an activist, she establishes herself as a leader in the struggle for diversity, not only on campus, but throughout Kansas. Creatively imagined and beautifully written, Bill Sampson’s Farieh, A Novel is fiction at its very best.-Bill Tuttle, Professor Emeritus of American Studies at the University of Kansas and the author of several books, notably 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