Biography/Memoir, Reviews

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi

[amazon_link asins=’B001LXGV80′ template=’RightAlignSingleImage’ store=’rebereid06-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’45623ab6-17ee-11e7-9bfa-8d626c2a88fe’]While I loved reading Persepolis 1: The Story of a Childhood, I was not as impressed with Marjane Satrapi’s continued memoir, Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return. Part of the problem was that while I liked the young girl striving to find herself, I no longer liked the angst-ridden

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Biography/Memoir, Reviews

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis:The Story of a Childhood was a delightful but heartbreaking memoir of a girl coming of age during the Iranian revolution and war, 1979-1983. Marji is just 10 when the Shah is overthrown and Iran is transformed into an Islamic state. Marji suddenly must wear a veil and hide her sneakers, which are

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