Embroideries

Author  Marjane Satrapi
Embroideries

From the best–selling author of Persepolis comes a gloriously entertaining and enlightening look into the sex lives of Iranian women. 

“Bold, bewitchingly humorous and politically astute.” —Elle

Embroideries gathers together Marjane’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 women share their secrets, their regrets and their often outrageous stories about, among other things, how to fake one’s virginity, how to escape an arranged marriage, how to enjoy the miracles of plastic surgery and how to delight in being a mistress. By turns revealing and hilarious, these are stories about the lengths…

$19.95
April 18, 2006
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