The loss of love and changing worlds is vividly captured by Kamali time and circumstances kept these lovers apart, but nothing diminishes their connection. Fahkri, who allows the young lovers privacy in his stationery shop, that the romance continues until a final misunderstanding the couple is separated by expectations that they enter arranged marriages, as well as the violence that erupts in the streets when Mossadegh is overthrown. The Stationery Shop of Tehran (192 POCHE) Kindle Edition by Marjan Kamali (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 6,205 ratings Paperback 13.94 18 Used from 5.91 14 New from 9.76 If you read The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul and enjoyed The Beekeeper of Aleppo, you will love The Stationery Shop of Tehran 1953, Tehran. The love that blossoms between the two 17-year-olds is intense and true, but Bahman’s mother is determined to direct her son’s interests away from Roya. As is true with Roya’s father, Bahman is an avid supporter of the new Prime Minister Mossadegh, but Bahman takes it further with dangerous activism. She begins to relive her first meeting with young Bahman 60 years earlier in a small Tehran stationery shop. 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. Gave it a 4.5 only because there were a couple of parts that went on a little too long. In 2013, Roya is 77 years old, nearing the end of her life with her American husband, when she discovers her fiancé from when she was growing up in Tehran is living in a retirement home nearby. In this tender story of lifelong love, Kamali ( Together Tea) moves from 2013 New England to violence in 1953 Tehran as citizens, a new Prime Minister, and the Shah of Iran clash.
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