The Bathhouse Author:Farnoosh Moshiri During the fundamentalist revolution in Iran, a 17-year-old girl is arrested. She is not a politico, but her brother and sister-in-law are, so she is suspect too. She is confined in a former bathhouse with several other women, ranging in age from adolescence to elderly, whose mental states vary from the stoic and care-giving to the insane. Based... more » on interviews with several Iranian women who had been imprisoned in such a bathhouse, this novel documents the torment they endured and honors their humanity and courage. Winner of the 2001 Black Heron Press Award for Social Fiction.« less