Mona Khademi’s book is a short collection of reminiscences of four early Baha’is who each spent a period of their lives in the presence of ‘Abdu’l-Baha. The memories are from different points in the life of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, and have been selected by the author to illustrate different virtues as exemplified by the person known to Baha’is as the Master. Together, they also illuminate various parts of his personality and overall character. The four early Baha’is are two easterners and two westerners: Mirza Badi Bushrui, Dr. Habib Moayyad, Lady Sara Blomfield, and Howard Colby Ives.

The book is well-organized and easy to read. An introduction gives general information and details the purpose of the book and how the recollections were collected. A short section on ‘Abdu’l-Baha follows, which includes a basic chronology of his life. The main body of the book is comprised of a short section about each of the four memoirists (including information about how and when they spent time with ‘Abdu’l-Baha). Each informational section is followed by the individual’s memories, introduced and held together by segments written by Ms.Khademi which introduce the memories and the attributes they illustrate.