Imagine you and your mother are packing up the house you were raised in.Your father has recently
passed and all that you knew as a child was presumably going into tidy boxes. A photo drops out of a book and you don't recoginze anyone in it. It's a photo of a young girl holding a baby with a man standing next to both of them. You turn to your mother and you ask her who the unknown faces belong to. She looks at the photo and tells you it's a photo of her, her daughter and her husband from another lifetime ago.
“Richly
detailed memoir…an engaging account of life in Iran in the 20th century, full
of memorable characters whose lives take unexpected turns. The author’s portrayal of Iranian society and
male-female relations are revealing, and her descriptions of clothing, food and
drink are
especially engrossing…An eye-opening account that disturbs with its
depiction of the place of women
in Iranian society, but warms the heart in its
portrayal of their gritty endurance.”
- Kirkus
- Kirkus
“Darznik’s
memoir is a beautifully recounted homage to her mother’s life and struggles.”
- Booklist
“Startling and moving…I’m betting on this one.”
- Library Journal
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