FERAL (DARKLY EVER AFTER #5) BY MILA CRAWFORD – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Mila Crawford
- Language: English
- Genre: contemporary romance
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Azadeh—Age 29
Present Day
“There will be many challenges in life. Some will propel you forward,
while others will kick you with such force that you will believe you’ll
never recover from them. But if you remember one thing, you will
never falter. Family is everything, Joonam. Never forget that.”
My mother’s words are a mantra playing on an endless loop in my mind.
Family is everything.
All I’ve done for the last six years is run from my family. Instead of being at
home with the people I love, I’ve been galivanting all over the globe,
helping strangers.
I bang the steering wheel with my open palm, needing to break something
or myself. The grief and regret simmering inside me are at boiling point.
The road in front of me becomes a blur as thoughts of my dead mother
ravage my mind, taking over like a virus that leaves nothing behind. An
ironic smile forms on my lips as I ponder her words about feminine energy.
Never forget that it was women who led the Persian Immortals.
My mother was a juxtaposition. A strong, independent woman raised in the
brutal bonds of religious patriarchy. She had a thirst for knowledge and a
desire to demolish the chains that held her in place. From a young age, she
read us stories about strong Persian women: Grand Admiral Artemisia,
Irdabama, and Atrunis, amongst others.
Don’t let a man dictate your worth or your capabilities.
My mother sang the virtues of independence and forging your own path, but
she was also concerned about the opinions of neighbors who didn’t know or
care about her. That part of her essence was based on the bullshit purity
culture that the government of Iran doused her with like a baptism. Though
her struggles with the patriarchy were something she could never sever, my
mother ensured that all three of her children could.
Nasrin Baran was a single mother who escaped persecution after witnessing
her thirteen-year-old daughter receive seventy-two lashes following the
public execution of her husband. Those two traumatic events forced her to
push past and strive daily to shatter the ties to a country she both loved and
despised in the same breath. Those encounters with religious patriarchal
systems meant my mother constantly checked her gender biases and
allowed her children to be who they wanted to be rather than the contrived
“ideals” of corrupt men.
My mother was a pioneer. Her struggle and sacrifice gifted me with my
freedom. For that, I will forever be grateful.
At thirty-eight, Nasrin packed up her three children—the youngest was nine
—and walked away from the only home she’d ever known in the dead of
night. Forced to deal with shady men and potential slaughter while she
prayed to a god she believed might have abandoned her for the deliverance
of her family.
My mother wasn’t a warrior, nor was she a woman of means or luxury.
Nasrin Baran lived in a desperate situation that forced her to be a survivor.
Because of her struggle, she ensured her son and two daughters became no
one’s victim.
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