Persepolis

I did finish this book. It's required summer reading for the incoming class at LSU, so I borrowed it from DD #3 who is heading there in a matter of days (!).

It's the first graphic novel I've read, and you can read some of it yourself here:

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

It seems that many of the events that took place in the late 70s, maybe even the entire Carter presidency, are just mysteries to my kids. The Iran hostage crisis, Vietnamese boat people, Jonestown... One of them asked the other day, "Who was Anwar Sadat?". Never heard of the guy...