Una voz escondida

A story, based on real events, that reminds us that love and empathy can change everything. Shahab does not speak. Not because he can't, but because he has decided to wait. He lives protected by his mother's affection, until he discovers that everyone else considers him a clumsy child and makes fun of him, and his world collapses. Rejection and indifference push him to withdraw into himself, and his silence becomes a form of resistance. Inspired by the true case of a boy who did not speak until he was seven, Parinoush Saniee constructs a deeply moving novel, where Shahab's muteness is transformed into a silent cry against ignorance and insensitivity. Only his mother, Mariam, cultured and empathetic, believes in him and fights to rescue him from that inner universe in which he has taken refuge. With the arrival of his grandmother, and thanks to love, listening and patience, Shahab begins to discover that, although the path to others is full of obstacles, there is always a way to build bridges. Little by little, he learns that his voice - hidden but alive - can break through and be heard. "A Hidden Voice" is a magnificent novel of overcoming, tenderness and courage. An intimate portrait of wounded childhood and the strength that is born when someone believes in us. Parinoush Saniee takes the pulse of Iranian society and denounces, with sensitivity and courage, the consequences of an education marked by judgment and rigidity.