{"product_id":"farangi-girl-9781444714715","title":"Farangi Girl","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\u003cp\u003eAgainst this extraordinary background, Ashley''s journey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ea moving account * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eCrazy, colourful, shocking, compelling. You'll read it straight through once you start. * Susan Elderkin, author of Sunset over Chocolate Mountains *\u003cbr\u003ea vivid, gripping memoir of childhood in little-known pre-revolutionary Iran * Maggie Gee, author of The White Family *\u003cbr\u003eAshley Dartnell's memoir evokes 1960s Iran in all its beauty and turmoil and conjures a wilful, passionate, fascinating woman in its depiction of her mother. This is a vivid, compelling story woven from both politics and desire * Maura Dooley, author of Life Under Water *\u003cbr\u003ecaptures the violence of Iran's 1979 revolution - along with finer details, such as the taste of barbari bread with butter and honey, and the exaggerated politeness ta'arof, which drives Persian social life . . . her late American mother Genie looms largest, a potently glamorous woman in the Elizabeth Taylor mould * Harper's Bazaar *\u003cbr\u003eThis memoir is both a fascinating and heartbreaking insight into a childhood interrupted . . . gripping * Cosmopolitan Australia - Book Club Choice *\u003cbr\u003eFascinating . . . a desperate quest for sanctuary and redemption which, in the end, discovers solace in the most unexpected of places * The Herald *\u003cbr\u003ecompelling memoir of a unique childhood and a fairytale gone wrong * The Gloss, Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eAmid the tumults of a family that reflected the flux of Iranian politics in the 70s, Ashley Dartnell writes her true tale of an astonishing childhood with flair and feeling. A rich and intensely addictive read which teems with the odd particulars that come from real experience - Farangi Girl is an unforgettable book * Martina Evans *\u003cbr\u003eIf there is one book I am glad I read this year - this would have to be it. Beautifully written, full of amazing characters - all the more fascinating for being real - this is the memoir of a woman who has led an extraordinary life... excellent reading * South Coast Register *\u003cbr\u003eEngaging . . . a gifted raconteur . . . she weaves an astonishing narrative that keeps us speculating, How on earth will this end? * The Lady *\u003cbr\u003eFarangi Girl is a remarkable memoir, an extraordinary story, brilliantly told. . . . intense as any page-turning novel. Right to the last page the reader wonders, what next? All of this is set against a background of seismic historic events in Iran. Compelling. * Pam Johnson *\u003cbr\u003e'Crazy, colourful, shocking, compelling. You'll read it straight through once you start.' * Susan Elderkin, author of \u003ci\u003eSunset over Chocolate Mountains\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Voices\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e'a vivid, gripping memoir of childhood in little-known pre-revolutionary Iran.' * Maggie Gee, author of \u003ci\u003eThe White Family\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e'Ashley Dartnell's memoir evokes 1960s Iran in all its beauty and turmoil and conjures a wilful, passionate, fascinating woman in its depiction of her mother. This is a vivid, compelling story woven from both politics and desire.' * Maura Dooley, author of \u003ci\u003eLife Under Water\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e'captures the violence of Iran's 1979 revolution - along with finer details, such as the taste of barbari bread with butter and honey, and the exaggerated politeness ta'arof, which drives Persian social life . . . her late American mother Genie looms largest, a potently glamorous woman in the Elizabeth Taylor mould.' * \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e'This memoir is both a fascinating and heartbreaking insight into a childhood interrupted . . . gripping.' * \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan Australia\u003c\/i\u003e - Book Club Choice *\u003cbr\u003e'Fascinating . . . a desperate quest for sanctuary and redemption which, in the end, discovers solace in the most unexpected of places.' * \u003ci\u003eThe Herald\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e'compelling memoir of a unique childhood and a fairytale gone wrong.' * \u003ci\u003eThe Gloss, Irish Times\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e'Amid the tumults of a family that reflected the flux of Iranian politics in the 70s, Ashley Dartnell writes her true tale of an astonishing childhood with flair and feeling. A rich and intensely addictive read which teems with the odd particulars that come from real experience - Farangi Girl is an unforgettable book.' * Martina Evans *\u003cbr\u003e'If there is one book I am glad I read this year - this would have to be it. Beautifully written, full of amazing characters - all the more fascinating for being real - this is the memoir of a woman who has led an extraordinary life... excellent reading.' * \u003ci\u003eSouth Coast Register\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e'Engaging . . . a gifted raconteur . . . she weaves an astonishing narrative that keeps us speculating, How on earth will this end?' * \u003ci\u003eThe Lady\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003eFarangi Girl is a remarkable memoir, an extraordinary story, brilliantly told. . . . intense as any page-turning novel. Right to the last page the reader wonders, what next? All of this is set against a background of seismic historic events in Iran. 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