New York: Kensington, 2023. SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel,issued as a trade paperback original, and inspired by her own Iranian-American heritage. A "beautifully crafted story of mothers and daughters, secrets and lies, and defying expectations. Twelve months after her younger sister Anahita's death, Mitra Jahani reluctantly returns to her parents' home in suburban New Jersey to observe the Iranian custom of 'The One Year.' Ana is always in Mitra's heart, though they chose very different paths. While Ana, sweet and dutiful, bowed to their domineering father's demands and married, Mitra rebelled, and was banished. Caught in the middle is their mother, Shireen, torn between her fierce love for her surviving daughter and her loyalty to her husband." SIGNED on the half title page. 363 pp plus a reading group guide.