Daria’s Reviews > The Lion Women of Tehran > Status Update

“And the other thing that saved me? Do you know what it was? […] It was books. I read and read. Went to the library as much as I could. And to bookstores. Lost myself in books. Did you know that books can heal you? They helped restore me.”

“I still blame it all on the evil eye! […] Because wee were happy once, he and I. We started off happy. He then unravel into monster of a husband. Unkind and emotionally abusive to me. He even hit me once. […] Blaming the evil eye is easier, isn’t it? To say that the reason he cheated was because of a curse cast on him by those around us [..]. Easier, isn’t it? Than to believe I married an asshole.”

"Do not come back, Ellie. I'll miss you. Terribly. But our country? It's a mess right now. And you would do well to sit right here eating your frozen yogurt and orange-colored powder drinks and sticks of fish. You would do far better settling here and making a life for yourself in this country. Being oceans apart will hurt my heart forevermore. But. Hear me, Ellie. That country is not a safe place."