A horrifying memoir about war and religious oppression in Iran, and also about a young woman/teenager trying to survive on her own outside of her country. There were truly awful war crimes and such in it, but still the part that really got to me was the ending. Marjane originally chose to return to Iran because she missed her family, but in the end she is still forced to leave them, because she cannot thrive or even survive in her oppressive country. What can I say, that felt a bit too close to home, even though our situations are not quite comparable.