Lailee Bakhtiar - Reviews

Reviews

• Toni Schoner, ”This book is amazing...when I finished the story I was sobbing...I felt the pain...I smelled the spices...I even felt the textures of the carpets and felt the sand storms...what a wonderful story of family and things that families go through...I highly recommend this book to everyone...it is REAL...I can't wait till the sequel comes out...give this as a gift to a friend...it will change your whole perspective on life and living...a beautiful story!” on They Shake the Desert Sands

• KPFA Radio 94.1 FM, Berkeley, Ca, host Jack Foley, Cover to Cover…Lailee Bakhtiar’s prose is deliberately poetic, rhythmic….”

• Roxane Farmanfarmaian “Lailee Bakhtiar, whose own blood courses with the fire of the Persian nomads, brings the Iranian steppe and the American heartland crashing together in this sweeping tale …a literary flight on a Persian carpet—complete with broad vistas and deep insight into the human heart.” on 1st novel Harem Letters

• Myriam Lesnik-Chavez, “The writing is brilliant…a work of art…” on "Harem Letters"

• The Independent by Antonia Hannon Ehlers “…the author has stitched together a poetic masterpiece……on 1st novel: Poetic Persian masterpiece penned by local novelist. Tuesday, August 10, 1999

• The Oakland Tribune, Oakland, Ca, by Pamela Fisher…Lailee (McNair) Bakhtiar, producer and host of the Bay Area literary show, ‘Authors and Critics’ may have hit a home run…Wed.Dec 23, 1998 Authors’ series debuts nationally on PBS

• Marin Independent Journal by Beth Ashley….”Literature helps toward bridging cultures,” say Bakhtiar, host of the PBS series Authors and Critics”.

• Palo Alto Daily News by Thomas Leupold “…Her relatives, who are a nomadic people who live in the Zagros Mountains, live in a world that has remained largely unchanged over the last 5,000 years…” International authors want to Mend Nations.

• Independent Newsgroup, Burlingame and Hillsborough, CA by Antonia Hannon-Ehlers “…through technology we are able to tell stories of far away lands and people who may not be familiar to us, but who can enrich our lives.” Wed., March 15, 2000

• Publishers Weekly, “…The show for the past 12 years has been broadcast in the San Francisco Bay area. This season, host Lailee Bakhtiar…” Book-Based TV Show Goes National, Dec 7, 1998

• Talk Radio/Talk TV, “…an accomplished writer and the monthly book reviewer for seven independent newspapers…”

• The Independent, San Mateo Weekly, by Antonia Hannon Ehlers “…Montesquieu’s The Persian Letters had quite an impact on (Bakhtiar) van Dillen as a high school student. ‘It taught me about justice, the diversity of manners and cultures and wise government,’ she said. ‘I realized that books can lead you to greater wisdom.” (Bakhtiar)- (formerly) van Dillen shares words of wisdom, Feb. 28, 1998

• Enquirer-Bulletin by Pamela Fisher “…It’s showtime. Lailee (Bakhtiar) van Dillen pans the waters of a swiftly moving stream of conversation, sifting for a nugget of truth or a pearl of wisdom…deftly unearth’s the core issue that has motivated an author to write…” Authors and Critics Enlightens, Sat.Sun, May 17 & 18, 1997

• Foster City Progress by Marilyn Green “…her own book, a 1970’s cultural novel that explores the relationship between Iran and America through a love story, reflects this theme…” Getting to know the face behind the book Dec. 7, 1994.