Spanning sixty tumultuous years, from the waning days of the Great Silk Road to the 1953 CIA-backed coup that toppled democracy in Iran, this meticulously researched historical novel follows the lives of three generations: the Kurdish eunuch who has a taboo relationship with one of his master's six wives; the wife's son who has a romantic liaison with his own stepmother and then flees Iran to become an opium-addicted American doctor; and the doctor's teenaged son who tries to hold his family together in the wake of dramatic revelations about the past. His journey back to Iran uncovers the most disturbing secret of all, one that leads to the highest echelons of power and political intrigue before the coup. In addition to exploring the ties that bind men and women, fathers and sons, Secrets From Back Home examines the themes of exile and cultural identity. It also provides a fascinating prequel to the current situation in Iran.