{"product_id":"the-lion-women-of-tehran-marjan-kamali","title":"The Lion Women of Tehran - Marjan Kamali","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"transition: height 0.3s ease-in-out; height: 1091px; max-height: none; overflow: hidden;\" class=\"c-book-details__desc is-open\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x1f6kntn xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eHighly recommend this one.  It is compelling and insightful - a story of friendship, betrayal and redemption set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran.  Very topical at the moment. Definitely keen to also read this authors other book - The Stationery Shop of Tehran. Sara\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As heart-wrenching as it is achingly beautiful'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSadeqa Johnson, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe House of Eve\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Heartbreaking and life affirming' \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAdrienne Brodeur, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLittle Monsters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Courage, friendship, loyalty, hardship, love \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e– \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ethis novel has everything'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMary Beth Keane, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAsk Again, Yes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Stationery Shop of Tehran\u003c\/em\u003e, a heartfelt, epic new novel of friendship, betrayal and redemption set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLuckily, 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.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTogether, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e336 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47665685233818,"sku":null,"price":29.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/the-lion-women-of-tehran-9781398534759_lg.jpg?v=1774309563","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.info\/products\/the-lion-women-of-tehran-marjan-kamali","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}