“To speak behind others' backs is the ventilator of the heart.”

Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
New York, N.Y. : Pantheon Books, 2005.

By the author of the critically acclaimed Persepolis, Embroideries is written as one long conversation between three generations of Iranian women. The reader takes the place of a main protagonist and we listen to the astonishing (and frequently blush-worthy) tales of the older women. A realist memoir rendered in beautiful graphic form, this one is a fast read that you’ll want to take a closer look at.