01497cam a2200325 i 4500 1164422451 TxAuBib 20150820120000.0 141211s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062388384 006238838X (OCoLC)898052612 YDXCP eng YDXCP BTCTA OCLCQ BDX rda IH7 OCLCO BUR JBL TxAuBib rda Foroutan, Parnaz, author. The girl from the garden / Parnaz Foroutan. First edition. New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015] ©2015. 271 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier For all his wealth and success, Asher Malacouti--the head of a prosperous Jewish family living in the Iranian town of Kermanshah in the early twentieth century--cannot have the one thing he desires above all: a son. His young wife Rakhel, trapped in an oppressive marriage at a time when a woman's worth is measured by her fertility, is made desperate by her failure to conceive, and grows jealous and vindictive. 20150820. Jewish families Iran Fiction. Jewish women Iran Fiction. Jewish women Iran Social conditions Fiction. Man-woman relationships Fiction. TXKIP