The first volume of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis drew attention for its novelty: a cartoon memoir of growing up in Iran through its late-'70s and early-'80s unrest, by a woman from an upper-class family who'd subsequently moved to Europe, recalling her childhood from an exile's perspective. Persepolis 2, subtitled The Story of a Return, tells the story of how Satrapi came to feel out of place in both of her worlds. In this volume, the smart-mouthed teenage Satrapi moves to Vienna, Austria, and has a hard time fitting in there, even after she discovers drugs, sex, and Bakunin. After four years in Europe, for the last few months of which she's sleeping on the street, she returns to Tehran. But Iran has become more repressive than ever, and she doesn't belong there, either; after her graduation from art school and the collapse of her impulsive marriage, she leaves for good.