The Lion Women of Tehran ARBOR FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES

FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE AND THE KIRKUS PRIZE

by former NFL running back and Dancing with the Stars Champion Rashad Jennings is a humorous and imaginative series that will teach readers to never underestimate the power of friendship

Zaila Avant–garde

a nursing student who is sipping cherry juice under a tree

moving in a world of wealthy white women

The Lion Women of Tehran ARBOR FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELESFrom the nationally bestselling author of the powerful, heartbreaking (Shelf Awareness) The Stationery Shop, a heartfelt, epic new novel of friendship, betrayal, and redemption set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran. In 1950s Tehran, 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 downtown. Lonely and bearing the brunt of her mothers endless