Waves of Destiny

By Houshang Filsouf

In the early days of 1979, when religious revolutionaries seized control of Iran and the Shah left the country, Imperial Iranian Air Force Brigadier General Houshang Filsouf was on a mission to the United States. His British wife and children were behind in Iran - a Westernized family left to fend for themselves amid a society besieged by arrests, executions and hatred. Filsouf, a military elite with feet firmly planted in both the Eastern and Western worlds, tells of the danger his family faced, their remarkable escape, and the faith that kept them alive. This is a story of destiny, of the unexpected love between a young Iranian Air Force officer and a charming young woman from England. It is a story of faith in God, of a life cast among the rippling currents of hope and despair during a period of national and international upheaval. This is the story of Houshang Filsouf, and of the waves of destiny that taught him to believe in miracles.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1418435961
• ISBN13: 9781418435967
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

God's miracles at work in one man's life

Written by my great uncle, this book tells the story of how one man and his family struggled, thrived, and eventually fled from Iran to America. If you believe in the power of God to work miracles in someone's life, you should read this book.

Very interesting life

Mr. Filsouf has led a very interesting life. I picked up the book not knowing what to expect, but I read it in one sitting because it was very absorbing. It details Mr. Filsouf's life from when his mother escaped from home to avoid an arranged marriage with a 30 year old man (she was only 14) to when he wrote the book. His life was full of tribulations, but he always managed to overcome them with his dignity and integrity intact. This book has interesting perspectives on life in Iran in the 30s-70s and is often marked with humor and pathos. I got the sense that the author is an honest man, which makes the events in the book all the more enjoyable.