Rating: Three Stars***
Genre: Graphic Novel - Memoir
Awards: Nominated for the Angoulême Album of the Year award in 2003
Summary: Marjane Satrapi has tea with her grandmother, her mother, their closest relatives, and friends. What starts as an innocent sharing of stories about the past and present men in their lives, turns into a personalized account of relationships and the degradation that Iranian women face once they have lost their virginity. The stories shared expose the constrained liberation that Iranian women express amongst themselves and each other. The term 'embroidery' refers to the stitching of the labia to give the impression of a virgin.
Evaluation: Marjane Satrapi is a talented storyteller, but her graphics are often too simplified and do not contribute to the story line like graphic novels should. She is still able to capture the customs and politics that surround the Iranian culture with an endearing memories of childhood and family.
Read-a-likes: Percepolis 1 & 2 by Marjane Satrapi
Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian by Firoozeh Dumas
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