From the Bookshelf of Around the World in 80 Books…

[close] Our choice for Iran: We're changing it up this month with a graphic novel (also please make sure you get the *complete* Persepolis, as there are four volumes and we want to get the version that has them all!):

Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming--both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland. It is the chronicle of a girlhood and adolescence at once outrageous and familiar, a young life entwined with the history of her country yet filled with the universal trials and joys of growing up.