Edwin Burton’s Reviews > The Lion Women of Tehran > Status Update

End of Part Four. The entire section is from Homa’s perspective. It’s galvanizing. It’s eye opening. A beautiful and tragic and traumatizing account.

This book is one for the ages. It’s humanizing. I weep openly for the people of Iran. For the women of Iran.

The personal account tying into the American Embassy, to the Iraq and Iran wars too, is interesting for me because I’ve heard tale from my parents.

End of Act 2. Sadeh and naïve Ellie. Reading the account of The Colonel taking advantage of Ellie in her inebriated state, my hair stood on end as I witnessed it. She divulged something she shouldn’t have.

“She knew me too well - That was the problem.”

“Unaware that it would be our last.”

Like the winds stirring the Dave below, whipped up by the return of the legendary Huma bird.

End of Part 1. My heart breaks for Elaleh. Her pain and story feels reminiscent of my own. I have felt that pain too.

The book is, like I said before, quite good! The simple narrative and the foundation of an aching heart built from a young age. Bright and jealous, sad and determined.

I like forward to seeing the Lionness Elaleh will become. The prologue of Elaleh-e-Homa’s estrangement begins to take shape.

Read for just 30min yesterday, fighting the street lamp and my own shadow to parse the words laid out before me.

Ellie is immediately relateable. The deep weight of regret is one people, including myself, often bear alone. How much longer will she have to?

It’s going to be a fast read, I can tell :) already loving the book.