{"product_id":"embroideries-marjane-satrapi-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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bold, bewitchingly humorous and politically astute.\" --\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marjane Satrapi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375714677\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375714672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pantheon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/18\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.52w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/28\/2006 pg. 20","brand":"Marjane Satrapi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050552291583,"sku":"9780375714672","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c1da8a48-cf22-4ef7-bde3-0a2b8f8ac1f1.jpg?v=1685007909","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/embroideries-marjane-satrapi-9780375714672","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}