Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapitrans. Anjali SinghPantheon, 2004

At the end of Persepolis, a teenage Marjane leaves Tehran for Austria. Persepolis 2 starts in Vienna, where Marjane finds herself living in a boarding house run by nuns. Marjane’s time in Austria isn’t easy, and she ultimately returns to Tehran, only to find that life there remains unbearably repressive. I liked the first book more—something about the charm and sweetness of the child-Marjane’s perspective on things, maybe—but this volume was still worth reading.