Persian Girls: A Memoir

A memoir by Nahid Rachlin about her life growing up in the Muslim culture and her escape to America. A moving read and a simple read. It got mixed reviews from my Women Writers Across Cultures class but I enjoyed it. It definitely has its moving parts and I did cry some.

Well written, good and entertaining for readers of non-fiction. The story of a Persian woman born and raised in Iran who fights to become independent, understanding she must leave her home and family to do so. She spends her early childhood raised by an aunt, only to be torn away at the age of nine by her father so he can 'guide her'. She is exposed to outside influences in school and by banned books she reads. Finally her father allows her to leave Iran to study (at a woman's college where majors include home-economics). She totally breaks away to remain in America after finishing her degree, where she travels alone to New York. She marries and has a family, but cannot completly leave behind her old life.