a moving account * Times Literary Supplement *
Crazy, colourful, shocking, compelling. You'll read it straight through once you start. * Susan Elderkin, author of Sunset over Chocolate Mountains *
a vivid, gripping memoir of childhood in little-known pre-revolutionary Iran * Maggie Gee, author of The White Family *
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 Life Under Water *
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 * Harper's Bazaar *
This memoir is both a fascinating and heartbreaking insight into a childhood interrupted . . . gripping * Cosmopolitan Australia - Book Club Choice *
Fascinating . . . a desperate quest for sanctuary and redemption which, in the end, discovers solace in the most unexpected of places * The Herald *
compelling memoir of a unique childhood and a fairytale gone wrong * The Gloss, Irish Times *
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 *
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 * South Coast Register *
Engaging . . . a gifted raconteur . . . she weaves an astonishing narrative that keeps us speculating, How on earth will this end? * The Lady *
Farangi 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 *
'Crazy, colourful, shocking, compelling. You'll read it straight through once you start.' * Susan Elderkin, author of Sunset over Chocolate Mountains and The Voices *
'a vivid, gripping memoir of childhood in little-known pre-revolutionary Iran.' * Maggie Gee, author of The White Family *
'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 Life Under Water *
'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.' * Harper's Bazaar *
'This memoir is both a fascinating and heartbreaking insight into a childhood interrupted . . . gripping.' * Cosmopolitan Australia - Book Club Choice *
'Fascinating . . . a desperate quest for sanctuary and redemption which, in the end, discovers solace in the most unexpected of places.' * The Herald *
'compelling memoir of a unique childhood and a fairytale gone wrong.' * The Gloss, Irish Times *
'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 *
'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.' * South Coast Register *
'Engaging . . . a gifted raconteur . . . she weaves an astonishing narrative that keeps us speculating, How on earth will this end?' * The Lady *
Farangi 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 *
'a moving account' * Times Literary Supplement *