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  The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali I am broken and yet I am whole again. I am in tears, but they are tears of feeling deep love and affection for fictional people. I refuse to believe that Marjan Kamali has blown life into imaginary characters. How can characters be so life-like? How can they elicit such deep emotions in readers? This is a beautiful story of two friends - Elaheh [Eli] and Huma who met as 7 year olds and stayed friends till they lost count of the years. This touching story spans through the 70s and 80s, of these young ones growing up in picturesque Tehran. You will be able to see a little bit of yourselves in these two girls. Their childishness, their naivety, their innocence. Their families were different. They upbringing different. But, their friendship - thicker than blood. Marjan Kamali has touched upon many important themes in the story. Friendship, toxic parent, class, feminism and many things, which seamlessly flow into the story line. None of it sou...