"Tantalizing ... Bold, bewitchingly humorous and politically astute ... A cheeky and knowing peek at the loves, sexual histories and marital secrets of ... these beautiful and seductive women."
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Elle "Endearing ... A wicked read."
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Los Angeles Times "Humorous and bawdy ... An amusing portrayal of independent women taking life in stride."
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The Village Voice "
Embroideries is as funny, opinionated, controversial and surprising as any good comic or conversation should be."
–Time.com
"Subversive ... Satrapi's book is a mocking rebuke to the cult of chastity, and a statement about the way human passions find their way around the most determined repression."
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Salon "By turns bawdy and heartbreaking ... Of all Satrapi's books,
Embroideries most effectively tears down the divide between Iranian and American culture, showing how women everywhere are similar."
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The Capital Times (Madison)