I grew up living in The Handmaid’s Tale

MEMOIR MY PAST IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY  by Zeba Talkhani (Sceptre £9.99, 200pp)   Zeba Talkhani’s mother was preparing for one of her many extravagant dinner parties when her daughter heard a scream. ‘Mama’ had caught her hand in the blender. Blood spattered everywhere. She was taken to bed, where her body began to convulse. Zeba … Read more