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Book Review: *Embroideries* by Marjane Satrapi

Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: Pantheon (April 18, 2006)
ISBN-13: 978-0375714672

Back-of-the-Book Blurb:    Embroideries gathers together Marjane Satrapi’s tough–talking grandmother, stoic mother, glamorous and eccentric aunt and their friends and neighbors for an afternoon of tea drinking and talking. Naturally, the subject turns to love, sex and the vagaries of men.

As the afternoon progresses, these vibrant [...]

Book Review: *Persepolis* by Marjane Satrapi

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Pantheon (June 1, 2004)
ISBN-13: 978-0375714573

Back-of-the-book blurb:  Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.  In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the [...]

Friday Finds: August 8, 2008

TGIF!  It has been a long week here, with plenty of rain to keep us climbing the walls inside the house.  I’d like to say that I’ve been able to spend that time curled in a cozy chair with a good book (or two!), but, there was that wall-climbing going on …  Without further ado, [...]