Persepolis I & II (Film tie-in edition)

Marjane Satrapi

Wise, often funny, sometimes heartbreaking, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood tells the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from the ages of 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. Th...

Defenestrate

Renee Branum

An exquisitely assured, funny, surprising and unusually original debut novel about a twin brother and sister, whose family is doomed to fall. A wildly inventive, exhilarating debut about a young woman confronting her ancestors' "falling curse" and trying to keep her own family from falling apart. Mart...