Sattareh Farman Farmaian has given us a remarkable personal story as well as a succinct history of her enigmatic and exasperating homeland. A captivating and enlightening memoir..Farman Farmaian weaves her personal story into the larger fabric of Iranian history..and offers a lesson about the value of personal freedom and what happens to a nation when its people are denied the right to direct their own destiny. This is a book Americans should read. Beautifully written. On one level, Daughter of Persia is a very personal book, an account of one woman's incredible life experiences. But on another level it is an eloquent eyewitness account of a nation's painful struggle to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world. A great life story.