BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//mrlib.org//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.30.10// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH UID:bab6c331-e21a-44d0-81b0-0978113bec30 X-WR-CALDESC:Join us for an exciting conversation with internationally accl aimed author Marjan Kamali as we delve into the timeless wonder of her New York Times bestselling novel\, The Lion Women of Tehran. \n\nIn 1950s Teh ran\, seven-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 downt own. Lonely and bearing the brunt of her mother’s endless grievances\, Ell ie dreams for a friend to alleviate her isolation.\n\nLuckily\, on the fir st day of school\, she meets Homa\, a kind girl with a brave and irrepress ible spirit. Together\, the two girls play games\, learn to cook in the st one kitchen of Homa’s warm home\, wander through the colorful stalls of th e Grand Bazaar\, and share their ambitions of becoming “lion women.”\n\nBu t their happiness is disrupted when Ellie and her mother are afforded the opportunity to return to their previous bourgeois life. Now a popular stud ent at the best girls’ high school in Iran\, Ellie’s memories of Homa begi n to fade. Years later\, however\, her sudden reappearance in Ellie’s priv ileged world alters the course of both of their lives.\n\nTogether\, the t wo young women come of age and pursue their own goals for meaningful futur es. But as the political turmoil in Iran builds to a breaking point\, one earth-shattering betrayal will have enormous consequences.\n\nRegister now to hear directly from the author about the crafting of her tender\, yet i mmensely powerful work. \n\nAbout the Author:\n\nMarjan Kamali\, born in T urkey to Iranian parents\, is the New York Times bestselling author of The Lion Women of Tehran\, The Stationery Shop\, and Together Tea. She is the 2022 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Aw ard. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages. Marjan liv es with her family in the Boston area.\n\nThe views expressed by presenter s are their own and their appearance in a program does not imply an endors ement of them or any entity they represent. Reference to any specific prod uct or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Mass anutten Regional Library. X-WR-RELCALID:a5ed68fc307887b5401ee81acd2e4005 X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20261101T020000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20270314T020000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3e1a8ae2-4d40-4fa8-8b7f-32ce2e7886da DTSTAMP:20260504T120734Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for an exciting conversation with internationally accla imed author Marjan Kamali as we delve into the timeless wonder of her New York Times bestselling novel\, The Lion Women of Tehran. \n\nIn 1950s Tehr an\, seven-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 downto wn. Lonely and bearing the brunt of her mother’s endless grievances\, Elli e dreams for a friend to alleviate her isolation.\n\nLuckily\, on the firs t day of school\, she meets Homa\, a kind girl with a brave and irrepressi ble spirit. Together\, the two girls play games\, learn to cook in the sto ne kitchen of Homa’s warm home\, wander through the colorful stalls of the Grand Bazaar\, and share their ambitions of becoming “lion women.”\n\nBut their happiness is disrupted when Ellie and her mother are afforded the o pportunity to return to their previous bourgeois life. Now a popular stude nt at the best girls’ high school in Iran\, Ellie’s memories of Homa begin to fade. Years later\, however\, her sudden reappearance in Ellie’s privi leged world alters the course of both of their lives.\n\nTogether\, the tw o young women come of age and pursue their own goals for meaningful future s. But as the political turmoil in Iran builds to a breaking point\, one e arth-shattering betrayal will have enormous consequences.\n\nRegister now to hear directly from the author about the crafting of her tender\, yet im mensely powerful work. \n\nAbout the Author:\n\nMarjan Kamali\, born in Tu rkey to Iranian parents\, is the New York Times bestselling author of The Lion Women of Tehran\, The Stationery Shop\, and Together Tea. She is the 2022 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Awa rd. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages. Marjan live s with her family in the Boston area.\n\nThe views expressed by presenters are their own and their appearance in a program does not imply an endorse ment of them or any entity they represent. Reference to any specific produ ct or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Massa nutten Regional Library. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260507T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260507T200000 LOCATION:https://libraryc.org/mrlib/155543 SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Marjan Kamali END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR