About the BookFrom 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. About the AuthorMarjan Kamali, born in Turkey to Iranian parents, spent her childhood in Kenya, Germany, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. She holds degrees from UC Berkeley, Columbia University, and New York University. She is the 2022 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Award. She is the author of The Lion Women of Tehran, The Stationery Shop, and Together Tea. Marjan lives with her husband in the Boston area. They have two children.

Information Source: Odyssey Bookshop | eventbrite

Hampshire County

United States

South Hadley

Searching for information and tickets regarding Marjan Kamali in Person | Odyssey Bookshop taking place in South Hadley on Oct 30, 2024 (UTC-5)? Trip.com has you covered. Check the dates, itineraries, and other information about Marjan Kamali in Person | Odyssey Bookshop now! Trip.com has also prepared more similar exciting activities and discounted flight and hotel packages.

Time:	Oct 30, 2024 (UTC-5) ENDED
Location:	Odyssey Bookshop

Marjan Kamali in Person | Odyssey Bookshop

Details

Vote

Are you interested in Marjan Kamali in Person?

Marjan Kamali in Person | Odyssey Bookshop

Details

Vote

Are you interested in Marjan Kamali in Person?

More contents about South Hadley