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SUMMARY:Global Perspectives Book Club: The Lion Women of Tehran
DESCRIPTION:Book: The Lion Women of TehranAuthor: Marjan KamaliGenre: Historical/literary fiction\nDescription (from Good Neighbor Bookstore webpage):\n\nNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\nFrom nationally bestselling author Marjan Kamali\, this perfect book club read is “evocative…and a powerful portrait of friendship\, feminism\, and political activism” (People) 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 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.\nTogether\, 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.\n\nLink to RSVP via Microsoft Forms:https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/MA925MmrSG\nWe will be meeting on Tuesday\, October 13\, 2026 at 6pm in the Fenn Library at St. Luke’s Church (in the undercroft\, behind the Johnson Stage).
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