The Lion Women of Tehran Paperback by Marjan Kamali

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‘As heart-wrenching as it is achingly beautiful’ Sadeqa Johnson, author of The House of Eve
‘Heartbreaking and life affirming’ Adrienne Brodeur, author of Little Monsters
‘Courage, friendship, loyalty, hardship, love – this novel has everything’ Mary Beth Keane, Ask Again, Yes

From the author of The Stationery Shop of Tehran, a heartfelt, epic new novel of friendship, betrayal and redemption 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 of a friend to alleviate her isolation.

Luckily, on the first day of school, she meets Homa, a kind, passionate girl with a brave and irrepressible

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