{"product_id":"given-away-9781636284798","title":"Given Away","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Red Hen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636284798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Nahid Rachlin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52604438872245,"sku":"9781636284798","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/given-away-9781636284798","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}