THIS AWARD-WINNING NOVEL PORTRAYS FOUR GENERATIONS OF PERSIAN WOMEN OVER A SPAN OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS. IT DEPICTS THE EFFECTS OF RELIGION AND POLITICS - EVER CHANGING IN IRANIAN SOCIETY. 

TAPESTRIES STANDS OUT AS A TRUE REPRESENTATION OF THE CYCLE OF LIFE. THE DESTINIES OF THESE CHARACTERS ARE INTERWOVEN WITH MANY THREADS AND THE EVENTS AND CONSEQUENCES THROUGHOUT HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THEIR LIVES. 

THROUGHOUT THE GENERATIONS, THESE WOMEN LIVED, LOVED, AND FOUGHT FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVED IN. THOUGH IT WAS A STRUGGLE, THEY BATTLED AND ENDURED WHEN THE ODDS WERE ALMOST COMPLETELY AGAINST THEM.