The Lion Women of Tehran
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Marjan Kamali
NATIONAL BESTSELLER An “evocative read and a powerful portrait of friendship, feminism, and political activism” (People) set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran—from nationally bestselling author Marjan Kamali. In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown. Lonely and bearing the brunt of her mother’s endless grievances, Ellie dreams for a friend to alleviate her isolation. Luckily, on the first day of school, she meets Homa, a kind girl with a brave and irrepressible spirit. Together, the two girls play games, learn to cook in the stone kitchen of Homa’s warm home, wander through the colorful stalls of the Grand Bazaar, and share their ambitions of becoming “lion women.” But their happiness is disrupted when Ellie and her mother are afforded the opportunity to return to their previous bourgeois life. Now a popular student at the best girls’ high school in Iran, Ellie’s memories of Homa begin to fade. Years later, however, her sudden reappearance in Ellie’s privileged world alters the course of both of their lives. Together, the two young women come of age and pursue their own goals for meaningful futures. But as the political turmoil in Iran builds to a breaking point, one earth-shattering betrayal will have enormous consequences. “Reminiscent of The Kite Runner and My Brilliant Friend, The Lion Women of Tehran is a mesmerizing tale” (BookPage) of love and courage, and a sweeping exploration of how profoundly we are shaped by those we meet when we are young.
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Author
Marjan Kamali
Pages
336
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2024-07-02
ISBN
1668036606 9781668036600
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"I really liked the entire book. It was extremely well-written. It wasn’t at all an easy read and there were moments where I needed to take a break from reading to breathe. The only reason I didn’t give this book a 5 was because I didn’t like the end. Maybe I just didn’t want the book to end, but I really wish it followed Homa going back to Iran before the epilogue. Overall, a great book!"
"The culture portrayed by the author in this book is absolutely beautiful. The characters are wonderfully portrayed, and their relationships are so well depicted that you feel as if you are there with them. "
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"I really wanted to like this book, but unfortunately that was not the case. It quite literally took me 6 months to finish it because I just found it to be very underwhelming."
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