Books like Persepolis, Volume 1

I remember when this came out here in Paris and the fantastic wave of publicity it got. And deservedly so. It is a fantastic account of life during the Iranian Revolution and afterwards as Satrapi is a refugee. I happen to have a friend that is also named Marjan who told me that Satrapi's story was almost identical to hers in terms of her feelings of sadness and alienation and loss after leaving Iran and seeing it devolve into a perverted theocracy of terrorism. The entire series is excellent as is the animated film that came out based on the book about 5 years ago. A critical testimony to events that I lived as an American watching the hostage situation on TV as a kid. It was fascinating to see through the eyes of someone that was there. And that got away.