The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali

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The-Lion-Women-of-Tehran-by-Marjan-Kamali:From-the-nationally-bestselling-author-of-the-“powerful,-heartbreaking”-(Shelf-Awareness) The-Stationery-Shop,-a-heartfelt,-epic-new-novel-of-friendship,-betrayal,-and-redemption-set-against-three-transformative-decades-in-Tehran,-Iran.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-of-a-friend-to-alleviate-her-isolation.Luckily,-on-the-first-day-of-school,-she-meets-Homa,-a-kind,-passionate-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-for-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.Written-with-Marjan-Kamali’s-signature-“evocative,-devastating,-and-hauntingly-beautiful”-(Whitney-Scharer,-author-of The-Age-of-Light)-prose, The-Lion-Women-of-Tehran is-a-sweeping-exploration-of-how-profoundly-we-are-shaped-by-those-we-meet-when-we-are-young,-and-the-way-love-and-courage-transforms-our-lives.