![]() ![]() I am glad I picked up this novel that touched the depths of my heart with a love story as delicate and innocent as this and introduced me to Roya, in whom I saw a lot of me. ![]() She also takes her readers through the young and happening coffee shops of San Francisco along with the snow-clad countryside of Boston. Marjan makes you long for visiting the bazaars of Tehran and devour some of its saffron-flavoured foods. Though the story is more tragic due to the political turmoil in Iran during the period of 1950s, the end is surely gratifying. The characters in the story are beautifully fleshed out and realistic. ![]() In fact, there is a whole page towards the end when the author has chosen not to use any punctuation at all. Marjan’s story is a soul-stirring tale of love and betrayal, of friendships and jealousies, of holding on and letting go, of selfless and self-centered parenting, and of two countries that behave poles. ![]() READ REVIEW THE STATIONERY SHOP by Marjan Kamali RELEASE DATE: JSixty years after her first love failed to meet her in a market square, Roya Khanom Archer finally has the chance to see him. But their destiny turned around and life happened. THE STATIONERY SHOP Kirkus Reviews A sweeping romantic tale of thwarted love. They loved each other and had dreams for a better future together. Their love was not physical, rather platonic. When the very homely and well-mannered Roya Joon, the first of the two daughters of their parents and all of 17, fell in love with an equally courteous and beautiful boy, inside her sacred space, the stationery shop of Tehran, Iran, who knew their worlds would fall apart one day. ![]()
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