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The Stationery Shop

by Marjan Kamali
An engaging and touching story that is part romance and part family drama. Roya and Bahman fall in love, but war intervenes before they can marry.  It also shows events leading to the fall of Mossadegh in 1953 Iran.  The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali #historical-romance, #reading, #books to read, #books

About The Author


Marjan Kamali, born in Turkey to Iranian parents, spent her childhood in Kenya, Germany, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. She holds degrees from UC Berkeley, Columbia University, and New York University. Her work has also been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in two anthologies: Tremors and Let Me Tell You Where I've Been. An excerpt from The Stationery Shop was published in Solstice Literary Magazine and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her debut novel Together Tea was a Massachusetts Book Award Finalist, an NPR WBUR Good Read, and a Target Emerging Author Selection. Marjan lives with her husband and two children in the Boston area

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