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A Memoir of My Mother's Hidden Life
Grand Central Publishing
November 2011
On Sale: November 16, 2011
339 pages
ISBN: 0446534986
EAN: 9780446534987
Kindle: B0047Y16XK
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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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