In the time of our history / Susanne Pari.
"Inspired by her own family's experiences following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Susanne Pari explores the entangled lives within an Iranian American family grappling with generational culture clashes, the roles imposed on women, and a tragic accident that forces them to reconcile their guilt or forfeit their already tenuous bonds. Set between San Francisco and New Jersey in the late-1990's, In the Time of Our History is a story about the universal longing to create a home in this world - and what happens when we let go of how we've always been told it should look. Twelve months after her younger sister Anahita's death, Mitra Jahani reluctantly returns to her parents' home in suburban New Jersey to observe the Iranian custom of "The One Year." Ana is always in Mitra's heart, though they chose very different paths. While Ana, sweet and dutiful, bowed to their domineering father's demands and married, Mitra rebelled, and was banished. Caught in the middle is their mother, Shireen, torn between her fierce love for her surviving daughter and her loyalty to her husband. Yet his callousness even amid shattering loss has compelled her to rethink her own decades of submission. And when Mitra is suddenly forced to confront hard truths about her sister's life, and the secrets each of them hid to protect others, mother and daughter reach a new understanding-and forge an unexpected path forward. Alive with the tensions, sacrifices and joys that thrum within the heart of every family, In the Time of Our History is also laced with the richness of ancient and modern Persian culture and politics, in a tale that is both timeless and profoundly relevant"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9798885784856
- ISBN: alk. paper)
- Physical Description: 611 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2023.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Published in 2023 by arrangement with Kensington Books, an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp." --T.p. verso |
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Subject: | Iranian Americans > Fiction. Sisters > Death > Fiction. Mothers and daughters > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Family secrets > Fiction. Bereavement > Fiction. |
Genre: | Domestic fiction. Large type books. |
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- 7 of 8 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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Ellwood City Area Public Library | LT F Pari (Text)
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32102000900437 | ECAM Fiction Large-Print | Available | - |
Green Free Library (Wellsboro) | LP PAR (Text) | 91083671 | GFWM Main Room | Available | - |
Joseph & Elizabeth Shaw Public Library | LP FIC PARI (Text) | 39636100450028 | Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
Williamsburg Public Library | LGPR FIC PAR (Text) | 110WIL0068894M | Adult Large Print Fiction | In Transit | - |
Wyomissing Public Library | LP PAR (Text) | 35012001574353 | Large Print | Available | - |
Easton Main Library | PARI (Text) | 31901004675254 | Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
Hughes Library | L.P. F PAR (Text) | 32378005187218 | Adult Large Print | Available | - |
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