About the Book: Embroideries
From the best-selling author of Persepolis comes another highly entertaining
graphic novel about the sex lives of Iranian women. Embroideries is a story of
seven women in an post-dinner setting having a normal conversation. But like it
is when women get together, the talk soon turns to arranged marriages, cheating
husbands and faked virginity.
Set at an after-dinner tea party, Embroideries brings back all the beloved
characters from Persepolis and Persepolis 2. This includes Satrapi's
tough-talking grandmother, her quiet mother, her stylish aunt and their
neighbours and friends. Gathered together for an afternoon of tea and gossip, it
is not long before the conversation