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The Margaret Thatcher School of Beauty Author: Marsha Mehran

ISBN: 9780732288419 Format: Paperback Number Of Pages: 304 Published: 1 December 2014 Country of Publication: AU Dimensions (cm): 19.1 x 13.5 x 2.3 Description: Set in Buenos Aires during the Falklands War, The Margaret Thatcher School of Beauty is the story of a group of displaced Iranian refugees living in a decaying Beaux Arts building in the city centre. The inhabitants of the building form an eclectic community: a sick ex-prisoner and his daughter, a promising medical student; a timid hairdresser; a newlywed couple with a dark past; a young revolutionary; an eccentric pilgrim of Mecca; and at the heart of the group Zadi Heirati, a single mother struggling to make ends meet at the beauty salon she operates from her apartment. Drawn together by a revolution in their homeland, they begin to find solace in weekly poetry meetings. The words they share inspire each to turn inward and discover beauty long buried. As a new war unfolds in their adopted country, this group of disenchanted individuals begins to form a family. At once familiar and extraordinary, this moving story weaves disparate lives together into a tapestry of unique grace, wit and lyricism.

About the Author

Born in Tehran on the eve of the Iranian Revolution, Marsha Mehran escaped the uphe...

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