INFORMATION:
SHADOW OF TEARS by OLE DAMMEGÅRD

"One day my everyday life became too humdrum, so I prepared my old bicycle and started a trip into the vast unknown. My intention was to learn to live in the present. Initially I focussed on South Africa but unforeseen circumstances took me into Ayatollah Khomeini’s wartorn Iran.

What happened here changed my life. My entire world, my viewpoints and values were turned upside down and the emo-tional turbulence I experienced tore down my inner walls leaving me naked and vulnerable like an open wound.

After a tragic murder, the situation became unbearable for one of my Iranian friends, so I ventured everything to help him get away and together we made a dramatic escape from Iran via former Soviet and East Germany in a desperate attempt to reach Sweden.

This book is a true and emotional description of real people in an improbable world full of conflicts. It opens doors and spreads light on another Iran, its people and also, not least, the political and social conditions in the country. It is permeated by passion and tension as well as human ideals such as non-violence, tolerance and love."

REVIEWS: SHADOW OF TEARS

“Ole, keep on writing...”
Shirley MacLaine, actress/author

“Shadow of Tears - what a fantastic story...”
Kay Pollak, Academy Award-nominated Film Director

“Honest and genuine - Shadow of Tears is a book that stays with you long after you have finished reading it. It touches you and stretches you and it is one of the absolutely best books I have ever read.”
Lotta Kubiak, The Mana Magazine

“Testimonies like this are important and I hope that this book will reach a large number of people.”
Hasse Alfredsson, famous actor

“I started reading this book with certain misgivings after having read the drivel 'Not Without My Daughter'. However, my fears were not realized. To me 'Shadow of Tears' is the best book of the year. ”
Arne Akerlund, Nya Samhället

“The author has truly succeeded in describing his experiences that evoke recognition and which provide a good picture of the complicated life in Iran. His book has now been added to the embassy library and will be accessible to the staff.”
Hans Andersson, ex-ambassador in Tehran

“This book is both interesting and fascinating. It felt very personal and the Iranian and, perhaps even more, the Pakistanian society and living conditions there were truly touching. I really appreciated it.”
Christina Pamp, ex-Chairman, Swedish Amnesty International

“I could not tear myself away from this fantastic book which revived many memories.”
Charla (Iranian refugee)

“I do not think I have ever read a book about real conditions that has touched and upset me this much. It has filled a void, truly. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
Ninni Holmquist

INFORMATION ABOUT THE AUTHOR: OLE DAMMEÅRD

Ole Dammegård is a multi-artist and inventor, blessed with a family of five. He now lives on Costa del Sol in Spain. Also the author of Coup d’etat in Slowmotion, and the amazing Re-Mind Me.

INFORMATION FOR SHADOW OF TEARS BY OLE DAMMEGÅRD

13 - DIGIT 978-0-9562760-6-3
BOOK TITLE Shadow of Tears
AUTHOR: DAMMEGÅRD, Ole
BIC CATEGORY: FH
PUBLISHER Rudling House

Available all good English bookshops or below from the publisher: www.rudlinghouse.com

Contact: Ole Dammegård via rudlinghousepublishing@gmail.com

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