{"product_id":"given-away-hardcover","title":"Given Away - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNahid Rachlin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA searing portrait of forced girlhood and generational grief, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGiven Away\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e reveals the quiet strength of a woman surviving child marriage and motherhood in 1930s Iran.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1930s Iran, ten-year-old Mehri is given away in marriage, the first step in a life shaped by forced motherhood, loss, and sacrifice. Alone and afraid, she navigates married life far from the support of her mother and sisters. Pregnant by thirteen, Mehri bears child after child, losing many along the way, and struggles to mother her five surviving children through a haze of grief. In \u003cem\u003eGiven Away\u003c\/em\u003e, Nahid Rachlin traces the hidden scars of her family's history, carved by a system that grants men complete control and strips women of their voices. Yet within that silence, Rachlin reveals a quiet resistance rooted in sisterhood, love, and endurance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNahid Rachlin (1950-2025)\u003c\/strong\u003e was the author of \u003cem\u003eMirage\u003c\/em\u003e (Red Hen 2024), \u003cem\u003eCrowd of Sorrows\u003c\/em\u003e (Kindle Singles 2015), \u003cem\u003ePersian Girls \u003c\/em\u003e(Penguin 2006) \u003cem\u003eJumping Over Fire\u003c\/em\u003e (City Lights 2006), \u003cem\u003eVeils\u003c\/em\u003e (City Lights 2001), \u003cem\u003eForeigner\u003c\/em\u003e (W.W. Norton 1999), and \u003cem\u003eMarried to a Stranger\u003c\/em\u003e (E.P. Dutton 1983). Her individual short stories appeared in many individual magazines, including \u003cem\u003eSolstice Literary Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Virginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSouthern Humanities Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRedbook\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eShenandoah\u003c\/em\u003e. Her work was translated into Portuguese, Polish, Italian, Dutch, German, Czech, Arabic, and Persian. She was interviewed on NPR Fresh Air, \u003cem\u003ePoets \u0026amp; Writers Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWriters Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e. She lived in New York, NY. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 16, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48716854329593,"sku":"9781636284811","price":42.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/lWJG9yWGyu9781636284811.webp?v=1785075723","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/given-away-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}