16 recipes testifying to the sisterhood and solidarity forged in the most notorious prisons in
Iran 'A remarkable testimony to women’s bravery compassion and solidarity in the harshest
of conditions… Think Nigella crossed with Nelson Mandela.' SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE WEEK 'A
fighting woman cannot be imprisoned because her voice is louder than prison walls. This book is
proof.' Shirin Ebadi Nobel Peace Prize winner How do you cheer up a woman who has spent
hours cleaning prison toilets with a broken mop? The secret is in a tres leches 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.
Sepideh Gholian in prison since 2018 bakes scones pumpkin pies and madeleines alongside
traditional Iranian sweets. The Evin Prison Bakers’ Club is a call to stand up for Woman Life
Freedom by a woman still fighting for a free Iran.
