In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing her and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown. Lonely and bearing the brunt of her mother\u2019s endless grievances, Ellie dreams of having a friend to alleviate her isolation.<\/p>\n
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\u2019s warm home, wander through the colorful stalls of the Grand Bazaar, and share their ambitions for becoming \u201clion women.\u201d<\/p>\n
But their happiness is disrupted when Ellie and her mother are afforded the opportunity to return to their previous bourgeois life. As Ellie enjoys her new popularity at the best girls\u2019 high school in Iran, her memories of Homa begin to fade. Years later, however, Homa’s sudden reappearance in Ellie\u2019s privileged world alters the course of both of their lives.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Written with Marjan Kamali’s signature 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 transform our lives.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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