Sweet Tease Book Clubs

June 2026

Novel Tea Book Club

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

From nationally bestselling author Marjan Kamali, this perfect book club read is “evocative...and a powerful portrait of friendship, feminism, and political activism” (People) set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran.


“In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown. Lonely and bearing the brunt of her mother’s endless grievances, Ellie dreams for a friend to alleviate her isolation.

Luckily, on the first day of school, she meets Homa, a kind girl with a brave and irrepressible spirit. Together, the two girls play games, learn to cook in the stone kitchen of Homa’s warm home, wander through the colorful stalls of the Grand Bazaar, and share their ambitions of becoming “lion women.”

But their happiness is disrupted when Ellie and her mother are afforded the opportunity to return to their previous bourgeois life. Now a popular student at the best girls’ high school in Iran, Ellie’s memories of Homa begin to fade. Years later, however, her sudden reappearance in Ellie’s privileged world alters the course of both of their lives.

Together, the two young women come of age and pursue their own goals for meaningful futures. But as the political turmoil in Iran builds to a breaking point, one earth-shattering betrayal will have enormous consequences.

“Reminiscent of The Kite Runner and My Brilliant Friend, The Lion Women of Tehran is a mesmerizing tale” (BookPage) of love and courage, and a sweeping exploration of how profoundly we are shaped by those we meet when we are young.

Register for Book club June 11, 2026

• On-line Registration for June 11, 2026 click here Space is limited and prepaid registration is required. The link will close 24 hours before the book club session. If you have any questions or are experiencing any issues, please call the store at 732-722-8030

Sweet Tease Book Clubs

Join us on a journey through our World of Tea as we combine a traditional book club with a Tea of the Month Club!

EACH MONTH WILL INCLUDE:

• A book club meeting at Sweet Tease with sessions either at 9 AM or 6:30 PM (your choice) on the 2nd Thursday of the month to discuss our book, sample teas, and food pairings relevant to the chosen book.

• A 1 oz. bag of tea from our tasting to take home and enjoy at your leisure.

• A passport stamp in your Sweet Tease Passport to collect and use towards Sweet Tease Rewards. Three Stamps and you can come in for a Cream Tea ($10 value). More Rewards are to be announced. $25 per person

2026 Preview

June “The Lion Women of Tehran” by Marjan Kamali

July “The Woman in the White Kimono” by Ana Johns

August “The Elephant Keepers Daughter” by Julia Drosten

September “The Mountains Sing” by Nguygen Phan Que Mai

October “The Henna Artist” By Alka Joshi

November “ Salt Houses” by Hala Alyan

December “The Herbalist” by Heather Morrison-Tapley

Book Club comes to you

Do you have a book club or would like to? If you have a minimum of 10 participants we can host book club at your location or ours at a day and time convenient for you. We run the discussion and provide the tea tasting and food pairings. For more information please contact us at info@sweetteasetearoom.com