{"product_id":"9781444714715","title":"Farangi Girl","description":"Author: Ashley Dartnell\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781444714715\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Apr 2012\u003cbr\u003ePages: 432 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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).\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919412019358,"sku":"ING-9781444714715","price":46.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781444714715.jpg?v=1782811328","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781444714715","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}