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SUMMARY:Live Online Author Talks: On Courage, Turmoil, and the Transformat
 ive Power of Love with Marjan Kamali
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DESCRIPTION:Register HereJoin us for an exciting conversation with interna
 tionally acclaimed author Marjan Kamali as we delve into the timeless wond
 er of her New York Times bestselling novel, The Lion Women of Tehran. In 
 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untime
 ly death of her father, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny hom
 e downtown. Lonely and bearing the brunt of her mother’s endless grievan
 ces, 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 irrepres
 sible spirit. Together, the two girls play games, learn to cook in the sto
 ne kitchen of Homa’s warm home, wander through the colorful stalls of th
 e Grand Bazaar, and share their ambitions of becoming “lion women.”But
  their happiness is disrupted when Ellie and her mother are afforded the o
 pportunity to return to their previous bourgeois life. Now a popular stude
 nt at the best girls’ high school in Iran, Ellie’s memories of Homa be
 gin to fade. Years later, however, her sudden reappearance in Ellie’s pr
 ivileged 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 eart
 h-shattering betrayal will have enormous consequences.Register now to hear
  directly from the author about the crafting of her tender, yet immensely 
 powerful work. About the Author:Marjan Kamali, born in Turkey to Iranian 
 parents, is the New York Times bestselling author of The Lion Women of Teh
 ran, The Stationery Shop, and Together Tea. She is the 2022 recipient of t
 he National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Award. Her books have 
 been translated into over thirty languages. Marjan lives with her family i
 n the Boston area.
URL:https://www.gravescountypubliclibrary.org/event/live-online-author-tal
 ks-courage-turmoil-and-transformative-power-love-marjan-kamali-4997
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