"[A] vivid and often haunting memoir of the life of [Goldin's] Jewish family... The essence of Wedding Song is the story of [her] survival, despite seemingly insurmountable odds, as an independent woman... [A] remarkable, often painful portrayal of a culture that Westerners cannot conceive of having existed as recently as the twentieth century. Through her triumphs and many tribulations, Goldin ... Read moreimmerses the reader in a culture and its people still very alive and vibrant in her soul." - Jewish Book World; "I have been haunted by Farideh Goldin's Wedding Song since the day I read it... Goldin's writing is sometimes spicy and sometimes sad, but always compelling... Her memoir is full of anger and compassion and insight. A stunning and powerful debut." - Sheri Reynolds, author of The Rapture of Canaan; "It is said that the Holy One buried truth in the ground so that the world might endure and not perish. Writing with a luminous intelligence, Farideh Goldin digs truth up again and, through her honesty, at turns unrelenting and forgiving, the lost worlds of Iranian Jewry, of the women who lived inside it, and of her own childhood are magnificently restored to life." - Joseph Skibell, author of A Blessing on the Moon and The English Disease" Show Less