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The Resilience of Matin Miryeganeh: A New Memoir on Family, Culture, Academics, and Mental Health

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“This is for anyone who feels like the odds are stacked too high, who believes that survival and success can’t coexist. It’s proof that, even in the harshest conditions, a meaningful and fulfilled life can still be built.” New York, NY, --- Deeply personal and unflinching, All Is Well is the memoir of Matin Miryeganeh (Mah-TEEN Meer-yeh-GAH-neh), a senior research scientist who has survived immense trauma—not only in the world outside, but also within the walls of her own home. After losing her mother, grandparents, and other close family members in quick succession in addition to a complex and sometimes volatile relationship with her father, a young Matin was left emotionally neglected and profoundly alone in her own household. With no one to turn to, she buried herself in books, studying with quiet determination to create a future no one else believed in. She moved from Iran to Japan in hope of a fresh start and to further her education, but the challenges didn’t end there. In adulth...