the stationery shop of tehran by marjan kamali

The Stationery Shop is a beautiful and timely exploration of devastating loss, unbreakable family bonds, and the overwhelming power of love. Until, more than sixty years later, an accident of fate leads her back to Bahman and offers her a chance to ask him the questions that have haunted her for more than half a century: Why did he leave? Where did he go? How was he able to forget her? With a sorrowful heart, she resigns herself to never seeing him again. For weeks, Roya tries desperately to contact him, but her efforts are fruitless. And, as their romance blossoms, the modest little stationery shop remains their favorite place in all of Tehran.Ī few short months later, on the eve of their marriage, Roya agrees to meet Bahman at the town square, but suddenly, violence erupts-a result of the coup d’etat that forever changes their country’s future. Fakhri, with a keen instinct for a budding romance, introduces Roya to his other favorite customer-handsome Bahman, who has a burning passion for justice and a love for Rumi’s poetry-she loses her heart at once.

She always feels safe in his dusty store, overflowing with fountain pens, shiny ink bottles, and thick pads of soft writing paper. Fakhri’s neighborhood book and stationery shop.

Roya is a dreamy, idealistic teenager living in 1953 Tehran who, amidst the political upheaval of the time, finds a literary oasis in kindly Mr. From the award-winning author of Together Tea-a debut novel hailed as “compassionate, funny, and wise” by Jill Davis, bestselling author of Girls’ Poker Night-comes a powerful love story exploring loss, reconciliation, and the quirks of fate.

The stationery shop of tehran by marjan kamali