erine 's review for:

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi

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Marjane heads to Austria for French school and her life goes in a completely unexpected direction. Without family support she flails. She spends years in a place with more freedom and opportunity, but she’s tethered to nothing. She eventually returns to Iran, where she contends with the repression of her youth, reconnects with family, meets a guy, goes to school and gets married. It’s an interesting mix of daily life, oppression, the end of war, and new opportunities.