Marjane Satrapi's, the intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the great-grandaughter of one Iran's last emperors, shares her memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Satrapi tells the story in black and white comic strips from ages six to fourteen years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. In the end (1994) she says her tearful goodbyes and leaves Iran forever. I found this book to be a strong read for teenagers 14 and up. One of the major strengths of this book is that the author took serious topics and issues of her life and wrote it in such funny yet heartbreaking manner that I couldn't help but be entertained. I also think the visual images of the comic strip would be beneficial to young readers who struggle with reading. Good autobiography should use many of the techniques of fiction to draw the reader into the life story of the subject (Lesesne 2003). This is evident in Persepolis for the memoir has strong character development, plot structure, dialogue and many other components that good fictional novel would also contain.
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