{"product_id":"the-evin-prison-bakers-club-surviving-irans-most-notorious-prisons-in-16-recipes","title":"The Evin Prison Bakers' Club: Surviving Iran's Most Notorious Prisons in 16 Recipes","description":"\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSepideh Gholian\u003c\/b\u003e is an Iranian journalist and activist, currently in Evin Prison. She was arrested on 18 November 2018 during a strike by the workers of the Haft Tappeh Sugarcane Complex, and was severely tortured in detention. In 2023, a video of her removing her hijab and calling for the downfall of Khamenei went viral.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t'My heart broke while reading this book, but it also gave me hope. I read this book filled with outrage against the system that has put Sepideh Gholian and so many like her in jail, torturing them, killing them. But I was filled with hope, amazed by and thankful for those like her, telling the story. They are our beloved guardians of truth.' \n\u003cb\u003eAzar Nafisi, author of \u003ci\u003eReading Lolita in Tehran\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t'A fighting woman cannot be imprisoned because her voice is louder than prison walls. This book is proof.' \n\u003cb\u003eShirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t'It is sometimes hard to believe Sepideh Gholian is still under thirty since she has accomplished so much as a labor journalist and civic activist. So many of us admire her for fearlessly standing up to the dictatorship in Iran... A breathtaking writerly talent. Sepideh is emblematic of a generation of Iranians who refuse to give up in their quest for justice.' \n\u003cb\u003eArash Azizi, author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Iranians Want\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t'The book is proof of Gholian's triumphant resistance against a regime that wants her silenced, and a powerful message of hope for the future.' \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eObserver\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'A remarkable testimony to women's bravery, compassion and solidarity in the harshest of conditions... Think Nigella crossed with Nelson Mandela.' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE WEEK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t'Sepideh Gholian's account of life on the women's wards in Bushehr and Evin prisons is a blindsiding blend of horrifying concrete detail, dizzying surrealism and wild optimism.' \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian, Book of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t'Unusual, haunting... \n\u003ci\u003eThe Evin Prison Bakers' Club\u003c\/i\u003e is part memoir, part exposé, and part cookbook.' \n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e16 recipes testifying to the sisterhood and solidarity forged in the most notorious prisons in Iran\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A remarkable testimony to women's bravery, compassion and solidarity in the harshest of conditions... Think Nigella crossed with Nelson Mandela.' \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e The Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eBook of the Week\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A fighting woman cannot be imprisoned because her voice is louder than prison walls. This book is proof.' \n\u003cb\u003e Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow do you cheer up a woman who has spent hours cleaning prison toilets with a broken mop? The secret is in a \n\u003ci\u003etres leches\u003c\/i\u003e cake. In Iran's prisons, women endure horrors: they are beaten, interrogated, and humiliated in a thousand ways. Even a whisper to a fellow inmate can be punished. Yet - in spite of anything and everything - they resist: they bake. They console each other, cry together, dance together. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSepideh Gholian, in prison since 2018, bakes scones, pumpkin pies and madeleines, alongside traditional Iranian sweets. \n\u003ci\u003eThe Evin Prison Bakers' Club \u003c\/i\u003eis a call to stand up for Woman, Life, Freedom by a woman still fighting for a free Iran.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gholian, Sepideh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oneworld Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePub Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2025-05-27\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC:\u003c\/b\u003e Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography|Memoirs|Cooking|Courses \u0026amp; Dishes|Desserts|Social Science|Feminism \u0026amp; Feminist Theory|Political Science|Political Process|Political Advocacy|Political Science|Human Rights|Social Science|Women's Studies|Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography|Historical|Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography|Military|Political Science|Political Ideologies|Fascism \u0026amp; Totalitarianism|Political Science|World|Middle Eastern|Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography|Political|Cooking|Methods|Baking|Cooking|Regional \u0026amp; Cultural|Middle Eastern\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubjects:\u003c\/b\u003e Gholian, Sepideh|Imprisonment|IvAn (Prison)|Baking|Iran|Cooking, Iranian|Political prisoners|Women political prisoners|Women's rights|Women|Social conditions|Autobiographies|Recipes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.5 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781836430308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eASIN:\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSKU:\u003c\/b\u003e SP-9781836430308\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oneworld Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51154283921686,"sku":"SP-9781836430308","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9781836430308_spiral.png?v=1774940501","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/the-evin-prison-bakers-club-surviving-irans-most-notorious-prisons-in-16-recipes","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}