Embroideries: Graphic Novel

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.
Elle

Endearing . . . A wicked read.
Los Angeles Times

Humorous and bawdy . . . An amusing portrayal of independent women taking life in stride.
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.
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.
The Capital Times (Madison)