Marjan Kamali
, author of 
The Lion Women of Tehran
, will be at Bookmarks on Wednesday, August 6 at 6:30 pm! This is a 
free event
, and attendees will have a chance to purchase a paperback copy of 
The Lion Women of Tehran
 with registration. Plus, stick around after the author talk for a 
booksigning
.
Have any questions? Check out our
 
Event FAQs
 page and email events@bookmarksnc.org for further inquiries.
About the Author
Marjan 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 nationally bestselling 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.
About the Book
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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