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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talks: Marjan Kamali
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DESCRIPTION:Register ahead of time to be able to submit questions for this
  live virtual event! https://libraryc.org/dunedinlibrary/155053On Courage,
  Turmoil, and the Transformative Power of Love with Marjan KamaliInternati
 onally Bestselling and Award-Winning Author of The Stationary Shop and Tog
 ether TeaJoin us for an exciting conversation with internationally acclaim
 ed author Marjan Kamali as we delve into the timeless wonder of her New Yo
 rk Times bestselling novel, The Lion Women of Tehran. In 1950s Tehran, se
 ven-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. Lone
 ly and bearing the brunt of her mother’s endless grievances, Ellie dream
 s for a friend to alleviate her isolation.Luckily, on the first day of sch
 ool, she meets Homa, a kind girl with a brave and irrepressible spirit. To
 gether, the two girls play games, learn to cook in the stone kitchen of Ho
 ma’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 re
 turn to their previous bourgeois life. Now a popular student at the best g
 irls’ high school in Iran, Ellie’s memories of Homa begin to fade. Yea
 rs later, however, her sudden reappearance in Ellie’s privileged world a
 lters 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 poli
 tical turmoil in Iran builds to a breaking point, one earth-shattering bet
 rayal will have enormous consequences.Register now to hear directly from t
 he author about the crafting of her tender, yet immensely powerful work. 
 About the Author:Marjan Kamali, born in Turkey to Iranian parents, is the 
 New York Times bestselling author of The Lion Women of Tehran, The Station
 ery Shop, and Together Tea. She is the 2022 recipient of the National Endo
 wment for the Arts Creative Writing Award. Her books have been translated 
 into over thirty languages. Marjan lives with her family in the Boston are
 a.The Dunedin Library hosts other virtual programs with best selling autho
 rs and thought leaders.  To find out more, go to: https://libraryc.org/d
 unedinlibrary/upcoming.
URL:https://dunedin.librarycalendar.com/index.php/event/virtual-author-tal
 ks-marjan-kamali-32161
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