The Stationery Shop
A poignant, heartfelt new novel by the award-nominated author of Together Tea--extolled by the Wall Street Journal as a "moving tale of lost love" and by Shelf Awareness as "a powerful, heartbreaking story"--explores loss, reconciliation, and the quirks of fate. Roya, a dreamy, idealistic teenager living amid the political upheaval of 1953 Tehran,...show more
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I know this is branded as a love story, but perhaps due to my aversion to love stories, I didn't come away with that. Really good book - worth reading!
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This is a powerful and moving love story which begins in 1950s Iran and stretches through to modern day America. Marjan Kamali cleverly weaves her love story into the politics of the day, setting it around the time of the protests and coup that occurred in Tehran in 1953, which I found very interesting. I appreciated all the insights into Persian culture and traditions, especially their reactions to beginning a live in America which is so diffe...read more
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