Book profile
The Lion Women of Tehran
- Subgenre
- romance
- Edition year
- 2024-11-21
- Rating
- ★ 4.3 · 124 ratingsExternal reader rating · Hardcover
- Spice
- Heat not verified
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This epic novel spans three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran, following the decades-long bond between Ellie and Homa, who meet as seven-year-old first-day-of-school classmates after Ellie’s father dies unexpectedly, forcing her and her mother into a less privileged life. The girls form a deep friendship, bonding over cooking, Grand Bazaar trips, and shared dreams of becoming 'lion women,' until Ellie and her mother are able to return to their former bourgeois status, causing Ellie to gradually lose touch with Homa. Years later, Homa reenters Ellie’s privileged world, shifting the course of both their lives as they come of age and pursue their own futures, until a devastating betrayal amid Iran’s rising political turmoil has irreversible consequences for the pair.
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- Betrayal: “But as the political turmoil in Iran builds to a breaking point, one earth-shattering betrayal will have enormous consequences.” source
- Coming of Age: “Together, the two young women come of age and pursue their own goals for meaningful futures.” source
- Strong Heroine: “share their ambitions for becoming 'lion women.'” source
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Content notes
- death of parent
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death of parent: “until the untimely death of her father, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown.” Source
