Twelve months after her sister Anahitaa�TMs death, Mitra Jahani returns to her parentsa�TM home in New Jersey to observe the Iranian custom of a��The One Year.a�\x9d Ana is always in Mitraa�TMs heart, though they chose very different paths. While Ana bowed to their fathera�TMs demands and married, Mitra rebelled and was banished. Caught in the middle is their mother, Shireen, torn between her love for her surviving daughter and her loyalty to her husband. Yet his callousness has compelled her to rethink her own submission. And when Mitra is forced to confront hard truths about her sistera�TMs life, mother and daughter reach a new understanding a�" and forge an unexpected path forward.