World Refugee Day #8

If you wander into our local Barnes & Noble any time in the near future, you may find me curled up in an armchair, trying desperately to get to the end of this excellent find:



In the words of some amazon.com product description writer:

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 trails 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.

As I suggested, I'm almost done with the book (a graphic novel, to be exact, which is so not my preferred genre, but it really works in this case) and I'm eagerly awaiting the film's release on DVD. But you don't have to take my word for it...