The lion women of Tehran / Marjan Kamali.
"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 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 for 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. 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."-- Dust jacket flap.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781668036587
- ISBN: 1668036584
- Physical Description: 327 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2024.
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Subject: | Women > Fiction. Female friendship > Fiction. Social classes > Fiction. Betrayal > Fiction. Women's friendships. Tehran (Iran) > Fiction. |
Genre: | Psychological fiction. Historical fiction. Bildungsromans. |
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- 23 of 54 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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George H. & Laura E. Brown Library | F Kam (Text) | 30308101356716 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 11/14/2024 |
Bordeaux Library | F KAMALI (Text) | 31781068351418 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 11/12/2024 |
Clemmons Branch | FIC Kamali, Marjan (Text) | 0112523831680 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
Clemmons Branch | FIC Kamali, Marjan (Text) | 0112524124461 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 10/30/2024 |
Clemmons Branch | FIC Kamali, Marjan (Text) | 0112524124470 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 11/12/2024 |
Columbus Library | ONORDER (Text) | POLK1768772 | On Order | On order | - |
Dorothy Wightman Library | AFIC KAM 0824 (Text) | 30372102075287 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
East Asheville Library | F KAM (Text) | 0020660336890 | Adult New Fiction | Checked out | 10/30/2024 |
East Regional Library | F KAMALI (Text) | 31781068351426 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Enka-Candler Library | F KAM (Text) | 0020660354869 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |