Marjane Satrapi discusses her best-selling graphic memoir, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2 at the Alden Theatre. Free tickets will be available at the Alden Theatre beginning at 7:00 p.m. the evening of the event, limit four tickets per person, first come, first served. Books will be available for sale and signing courtesy of Borders. Alden Theatre is located in the McLean Community Center, 1234 Ingleside Avenue in McLean. For details call 703-324-8428.

Satrapi grew up in Tehran, but later moved to Paris and was introduced to many of France’s “new wave” comic book artists. Persepolis is the compelling story of Satrapi’s youth in Iran in the 1970s, living through the Islamic Revolution and the war with Iraq. Satrapi worked on the film adaptation of the memoir, which won the Prize of the Jury at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Oscar.

The Perspectives Series concludes on May 6 with political analysts Cal Thomas and Bob Beckel.

The Perspectives Series is cosponsored by the Fairfax County Public Library’s Center for the Book, the Fairfax Library Foundation and the McLean Community Center.