Medusa of the Roses PB_Gift_Guide Once you learn the basics

Once you learn the basics of astrology

By asking questions that make the familiar strange

both as a bridesmaid and as a matchmaker

in using your authentic voice

from budding novices to green thumbs and beyond

Medusa of the Roses PB_Gift_Guide Once you learn the basicsA CLMP Firecracker Award FinalistSex, vengeance, and betrayal in modern day TehranNavid Sinakis bold and cinematic debut is a queer literary noir following Anjir, a morbid romantic and petty thief whose boyfriend disappears just as theyre planning to leave their hometown for good Anjir and Zal are childhood best friends turned adults in love. The only problem is they live in Iran, where being openly gay is criminalized, and the governments apparent