{"product_id":"the-lion-women-of-tehran-by-marjan-kamali-9781398534773","title":"The Lion Women of Tehran","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'As heart-wrenching as it is achingly beautiful'\u003c\/b\u003e – Sadeqa Johnson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe House of Eve\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Heartbreaking and life affirming'\u003c\/b\u003e – Adrienne Brodeur, author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Courage, friendship, loyalty, hardship, love\u003c\/b\u003e – \u003cb\u003ethis novel has everything'\u003c\/b\u003e – Mary Beth Keane, \u003ci\u003eAsk Again, Yes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Stationery Shop of Tehran\u003c\/i\u003e, a heartfelt, epic new novel of friendship, betrayal and redemption set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSomeday, you and me – we’ll do great things. We’ll live life for ourselves. And we will help others. We are cubs now, maybe. But we will grow to be lionesses. Strong women who make things happen.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1950, Tehran. Seven-year-old Ellie lives in comfort, wanting for nothing, until the death of her father brings a drastic change in fortune. At school, she meets Homa. Together, the girls play games, wander through the Grand Bazaar and share their ambitions of becoming 'lion women' and the first generation of women fully working in Iran.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOpportunity allows Ellie and her mother to return to their bourgeois life, and Ellie’s memories of Homa fade. But years later, her sudden reappearance in Ellie’s privileged world alters the course of both of their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs the political turmoil in Iran builds to a breaking point, one earth-shattering betrayal will have enormous consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with Marjan Kamali’s signature prose, \u003ci\u003eThe Lion Women of Tehran\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping exploration of how profoundly we are shaped by those we meet when we are young, and the way love and courage transform our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Marjan Kamali\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Evocative, devastating, and hauntingly beautiful… This book broke my heart again and again' – \u003cb\u003eWhitney Scharer, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Light\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A beautifully immersive tale … brings to life a lost and complex world and the captivating characters who once called it home' – \u003cb\u003eJasmin Darznik, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Good Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSong of a Captive Bird\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'What a pleasure – a novel that is all at once masterfully plotted, beautifully written, and populated by characters who are arresting, lovable and so real' – \u003cb\u003eElinor Lipman, author of \u003ci\u003eTurpentine Lane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A sweeping romantic tale of thwarted love' – \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'An enchanting romance' – \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'I! Am! Obsessed! With! This! Book!' – \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCOSMOPOLITAN.COM\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45979603828972,"sku":"9781398534773","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781398534773.jpg?v=1733949107","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-lion-women-of-tehran-by-marjan-kamali-9781398534773","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}