Marjane satrapi-persepolis is the story of satrapis unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in tehran during the islamic revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming-both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland. it is the chronicle of a girlhood and adolescence at once outrageous and familiar, a young life entwined with the history of her country yet filled with the universal trials and joys of growing up.
