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A Memoir of My Mother's Hidden Life
Grand Central Publishing
March 2010
On Sale: March 1, 2010
336 pages ISBN: 0446534978 EAN: 9780446534970 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
We were a world of two, my mother and I, until I started
turning into an American girl. That's when she began telling
me about The Good Daughter. It became a taunt, a
warning, an omen. Jasmin Darznik came to America
from Iran when she was only three years old, and she grew up
knowing very little about her family's history. When she was
in her early twenties, on a day shortly following her
father's death, Jasmin was helping her mother move; a
photograph fell from a stack of old letters. The girl
pictured was her mother. She was wearing a wedding veil, and
at her side stood a man whom Jasmin had never seen
before. At first, Jasmin's mother, Lili, refused to
speak about the photograph, and Jasmin returned to her own
home frustrated and confused. But a few months later, she
received from her mother the first of ten cassette tapes
that would bring to light the wrenching hidden story of her
family's true origins in Iran: Lili's marriage at thirteen,
her troubled history of abuse and neglect, and a daughter
she was forced to abandon in order to escape that life. The
final tape revealed that Jasmin's sister, Sara - The Good
Daughter - was still living in Iran. In this sweeping,
poignant, and beautifully written memoir, Jasmin weaves the
stories of three generations of Iranian women into a unique
tale of one family's struggle for freedom and understanding.
The result is an enchanting and unforgettable story of
secrets, betrayal, and the unbreakable mother-daughter bond.
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