{"product_id":"farangi-girl-ashley-dartnell-9781444714715","title":"Farangi Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003eAshley Dartnell's mother was a glamorous American, her father a dashing Englishman, each trying to slough off their past and upgrade to a more romantic and exotic present in Iran. As the story starts, Ashley is eight years old and living in Tehran in the 1960s: the Shah was in power, life for Westerners was rich and privileged. But somehow it didn't all add up to a fairytale. There were bankruptcies and prisons, betrayals and lovers, lies and evasions. And throughout it all, Ashley's passionate and strong-willed mother, Genie. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories of mothers and daughters are some of the most compelling in contemporary memoir, from \u003ci\u003eThe Liar's Club \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Castle \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBad Blood\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eFarangi Girl\u003c\/i\u003e deserves to be in their company. It's an honest and endlessly recognisable portrait of a mother by a daughter who loved her (and was loved in return).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst this extraordinary background, Ashley's journey into adulthood was more helter-skelter than most and this portrait of a bewitching and endlessly inventive mother is surprising and deeply moving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ashley Dartnell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1444714716\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781444714715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Two Roads\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 1.20d","brand":"Ashley Dartnell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44920120017151,"sku":"9781444714715","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4010a530-4465-4d42-beaf-21c93dc32347.jpg?v=1710360239","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/farangi-girl-ashley-dartnell-9781444714715","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}