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Very good glimpse into the life of an Iranian woman. Sad but also shows the determination and strength to survive.
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The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother's Hidden Life
The Good Daughter A Memoir of My Mother's Hidden Life
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We were a world of two, my mother and I, until I started turning into an American girl. That's when she started talking to me about the Good Daughter. The Good Daughter lived in Iran. She didn't talk back as I had learned to do in this broken-down, devil-riddled country. In fact, she didn't talk much at all. The Good Daughter lis... more »The Good Daughter became a taunt. A warning. An omen.
One day when Jasmin Darznik is helping her mother pack up to move, a photograph falls from a stack of old letters. The girl in it is her mother. She is wearing a wedding veil, and at her side stands a man whom Jasmin has never seen before.
At first, Jasmin's mother, Lili, refuses to share any information. Months later, Jasmin receives the first of ten casette tapes revealing a wrenching hidden story of her family's true origins in Iran: her mother's troubled history of abuse and neglect, and a daughter she was forced to abandon in order to escape that life. The final tape reveals that her sister, Sara, is still living in Iran.
Darznik skillfully weaves the stories of three generations of Iranian women's battles with husbands and poverty into a unique tale of one family's twisted path to freedom.
Author:
We were a world of two, my mother and I, until I started turning into an American girl. That's when she started talking to me about the Good Daughter. The Good Daughter lived in Iran. She didn't talk back as I had learned to do in this broken-down, devil-riddled country. In fact, she didn't talk much at all. The Good Daughter lis... more »The Good Daughter became a taunt. A warning. An omen.
One day when Jasmin Darznik is helping her mother pack up to move, a photograph falls from a stack of old letters. The girl in it is her mother. She is wearing a wedding veil, and at her side stands a man whom Jasmin has never seen before.
At first, Jasmin's mother, Lili, refuses to share any information. Months later, Jasmin receives the first of ten casette tapes revealing a wrenching hidden story of her family's true origins in Iran: her mother's troubled history of abuse and neglect, and a daughter she was forced to abandon in order to escape that life. The final tape reveals that her sister, Sara, is still living in Iran.
Darznik skillfully weaves the stories of three generations of Iranian women's battles with husbands and poverty into a unique tale of one family's twisted path to freedom.
ISBN-13: 9780446534970
ISBN-10: 0446534978
Publication Date: 1/27/2011
Pages: 336
Rating: 7
ISBN-10: 0446534978
Publication Date: 1/27/2011
Pages: 336
Rating: 7
4.1 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
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Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review
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Susan D. (mom2nine) reviewed The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother's Hidden Life on + 342 more book reviews
Based on the true story of the author's mother's life in Iran from the 1960's until they immigrated to the US in th 1980's. Excellent insight into women in Iran during that time period. Her mother is a survivor in so many ways.
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