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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk with Marjan Kamali
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DESCRIPTION:On Courage, Turmoil, and the Transformative Power of Love with
  Marjan KamaliLearn more and register here to receive the access link and
  submit questions for the author.Register now to hear directly from the au
 thor about the crafting of her tender, yet immensely powerful work. Join 
 us for an exciting conversation with internationally acclaimed author Marj
 an Kamali as we delve into the timeless wonder of her New York Times bests
 elling novel, The Lion Women of Tehran. In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old E
 llie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcin
 g Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown. Lonely and bearing
  the brunt of her mother’s endless grievances, 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 irrepressible spirit. Together, the tw
 o girls play games, learn to cook in the stone kitchen of Homa’s warm ho
 me, wander through the colorful stalls of the Grand Bazaar, and share thei
 r ambitions of 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 s
 chool in Iran, Ellie’s memories of Homa begin to fade. Years later, howe
 ver, her sudden reappearance in Ellie’s privileged world alters the cour
 se of both of their lives.Together, the two young women come of age and pu
 rsue their own goals for meaningful futures. But as the political turmoil 
 in Iran builds to a breaking point, one earth-shattering betrayal will hav
 e enormous consequences.This is part of a series of author talks in partne
 rship with the Library Speakers Consortium.  See all upcoming talks here.
 The Author Talks series is made possible by Friends of the Library.
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