{"product_id":"embroideries-isbn-9780375714672","title":"Embroideries","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the best–selling author of \u003ci\u003ePersepolis\u003c\/i\u003e comes a gloriously entertaining and enlightening look into the sex lives of Iranian women. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Bold, bewitchingly humorous and politically astute.” —\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmbroideries\u003c\/i\u003e gathers together Marjane’s tough–talking grandmother, stoic mother, glamorous and eccentric aunt and their friends and neighbors for an afternoon of tea drinking and talking. Naturally, the subject turns to love, sex and the vagaries of men.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the afternoon progresses, these vibrant women share their secrets, their regrets and their often outrageous stories about, among other things, how to fake one’s virginity, how to escape an arranged marriage, how to enjoy the miracles of plastic surgery and how to delight in being a mistress. By turns revealing and hilarious, these are stories about the lengths to which some women will go to find a man, keep a man or, most important, keep up appearances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFull of surprises, this introduction to the private lives of some fascinating women, whose life stories and lovers will strike us as at once deeply familiar and profoundly different from our own, is sure to bring smiles of recognition to the faces of women everywhere—and to teach us all a thing or two.“Tantalizing ... Bold, bewitchingly humorous and politically astute ... A cheeky  and knowing peek at the loves, sexual histories and marital secrets of ... these  beautiful and seductive women.” \u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Endearing ... A wicked read.” \u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eLos  Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Humorous and bawdy ... An amusing portrayal of independent women  taking life in stride.” \u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eEmbroideries\u003c\/i\u003e is as funny, opinionated,  controversial and surprising as any good comic or conversation should be.” \u003cbr\u003e —Time.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Subversive ... Satrapi’s book is a mocking rebuke to the cult of chastity, and  a statement about the way human passions find their way around the most determined  repression.” \u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “By turns bawdy and heartbreaking ... Of all Satrapi’s books,  \u003ci\u003eEmbroideries\u003c\/i\u003e most effectively tears down the divide between Iranian and American  culture, showing how women everywhere are similar.” \u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eThe Capital Times\u003c\/i\u003e (Madison)MARJANE SATRAPI\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in 1969 in Rasht, Iran, and currently lives in Paris. She  has written several children’s books and her commentary and comics appear in newspapers  and magazines around the world, including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker.\u003c\/i\u003e She is also the author of the internationally best-selling and award-winning comic  book autobiography in two parts, \u003ci\u003ePersepolis\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePersepolis 2\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Pantheon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300151021797,"sku":"NP9780375714672","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375714672.jpg?v=1767726197","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/embroideries-isbn-9780375714672","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}