{"product_id":"a-mirror-garden-a-memoir-9780307278784","title":"A Mirror Garden: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eBoth a love story and a celebration of the warmth and elegance of Iranian culture, \u003ci\u003eA Mirror Garden\u003c\/i\u003e is a genuine fairy tale of an exuberant heroine who has never needed rescuing. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Captivating.... Farmanfarmaian's sumptuously detailed recollections are a rare, insidery look at two lost worlds.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Persia in 1924, when a child still had to worry about hostile camels in the bazaar and a nanny might spin stories at her pillow until her eyes fell shut, the extraordinary and irresistible Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian was born. From the enchanted basement storeroom where she played as a girl to the penthouse high above New York City where she would someday live, this is the delightful and inspiring story of her life as an artist, a wife and mother, a collector, and an Iranian. Here we see a mischievous girl become a spirited woman who defies tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMonir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian was born in 1924. She now lives and works in New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eZara Houshmand is an Iranian American writer and theater artist. She lives in Austin, Texas.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52196951294226,"sku":"9780307278784","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8771ea01-d91d-4abd-a339-469add727e76.jpg?v=1776158747","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-mirror-garden-a-memoir-9780307278784","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}