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Embroideries, written by Marjane Satrapi, is a graphic novel that brings together several women who share their stories. Summary of the Book Embroideries is set at a post-dinner tea party that brings all the adored characters from Satrapi's previous best-selling novel to the limelight. The story revolves around seven Iranian women from Satrapi's life, including her tough-talking grandmother, her fashionable and peculiar aunt, her quiet mother, and other friends and neighbours. All of them gather for an afternoon of tea-drinking and gossiping. As expected, the conversation soon turns to sex, love, arranged marriages, faked virginity, whims of men, annoying mother-in-laws, child birth, bedroom secrets, and dishonest husbands. With the passing of the afternoon, each of the woman shares her own secrets about a lot of things. The topics range from how to escape the husband your parents choose for you, how to fake virginity, and how to take advantage of being someone's mistress, to relishing the benefits of plastic surgery! The reader also gets to witness some moving tales of betrayal, futile marriages, regret, and stories of women being forced to marry for all the wrong reasons, which expose a patriarchal culture. Satrapi's novel offers an intimate look into Iran’s sexual politics. She presents a perfect tale of what happens when such women get together to discuss their innermost secrets, with the edge of wit, highly stylized drawings and rendering expressions with bold strokes. About Marjane Satrapi Marjane Satrapi is an award-winning Iran-born French contemporary graphic novelist and illustrator. She has also authored Chicken with Plums, Monsters are Afraid of the Moon, and The Sigh. Marjane Satrapi was born on 22nd November, 1969 in Rasht, Iran. She finished her education from Lycée Français de Vienne and obtained her master’s degree in visual communication from Islamic Azad University in Tehran. She became world famous in 2003 and 2004, when her autobiographical graphic novels Persepolis and Persepolis 2 were published. She has been honoured with several awards and recognitions. Marjane currently lives in Paris.