"A beautifully recounted homage to her mother's life and struggles." - Booklist a testament to resilience." - MS Magazine "Distinguishes itself from the plethora of recent Iranian American memoirs. "Jasmin Darznik is a rare talent, and her family history a dazzler." - More Magazine "A wrenching and unforgettable tale." - BookPage a moving tribute." - The Cleveland Plain Dealer The result is an enchanting and unforgettable story of secrets, betrayal, and the unbreakable mother-daughter bond. 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 final tape revealed that Jasmin’s sister, Sara – The Good Daughter – was still living in Iran. 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. She was wearing a wedding veil, and at her side stood a man whom Jasmin had never seen before.Īt first, Jasmin’s mother, Lili, refused to speak about the photograph, and Jasmin returned to her own home frustrated and confused.
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. 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. That’s when she began telling me about The Good Daughter. We were a world of two, my mother and I, until I started turning into an American girl.
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