The Lion Women of Tehran

De: Marjan Kamali

Narrado por: Mozhan Navabi, Nikki Massoud

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From nationally bestselling author Marjan Kamali, this perfect book club read is “evocative...and a powerful portrait of friendship, feminism, and political activism” (People) set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran.

In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing 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 two girls play games, learn to cook in the stone kitchen of Homa’s warm home, wander through the colorful stalls of the Grand Bazaar, and share their 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 school in Iran, Ellie’s memories of Homa begin to fade. Years later, however, her sudden reappearance in Ellie’s privileged world alters the course of both of their lives.

Together, the two young women come of age and pursue their own goals for meaningful futures. But as the political turmoil in Iran builds to a breaking point, one earth-shattering betrayal will have enormous consequences.

“Reminiscent of The Kite Runner and My Brilliant Friend, The Lion Women of Tehran is a mesmerizing tale” (BookPage) of love and courage, and a sweeping exploration of how profoundly we are shaped by those we meet when we are young.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Mozhan Navabi performs this audiobook with the right tone and tempo. She narrates crisply and captures the guilt-ridden Ellie, who is tormented by her past. Ellie’s best friend, political activist Homa, is voiced with a younger sound and tone (by Nikki Massoud). Her voice is fitting for the youthful Iranian revolutionary who champions women’s rights and democracy and is jailed and abused for her beliefs."

Beautiful and inspiring

The times and stories were warm hearted and true, sometimes difficult and always made me settle in and look more globally to our sisters in other countries and neighborhoods.

TLWOT Phenomenal

Kamali wrote another beautiful novel that gave a slight history lesson and showed the importance of community, friendship, and never giving up!

Beautiful story and beautiful narrated!

The emotions and the agony of the two protagonists and their bond is so beautifully developed. I felt connected to their lives and stories as they mature through each stage of their lives. And, massive kudos to the narrators, they poured their heart out and depicted the pace and the emotions of the story perfectly through their voice.

Amazing story

Loved the narrators and hearing real pronunciation of Farsi words. The voices matched characters very well.

story

absolutely amazing. it is just so beautiful and touching story.Great narration. I finished it in two days