The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5
The story takes place in 1953 Tehran (the capital city of Iran) where seventeen-year-old girl named Roya lives. And one day, she finds this Stationery Shop owned by Mr. Fakhri where she gets to meet Bahman – a handsome
guy, who has a burning passion for justice and freedom. As they see each other in that little stationery shop, their relationship starts to blossom. However, despite the strong love they have for each other there will always be hindrances, conflicts and misunderstandings. Roya and Bahman agreed to meet at the town square to get married but suddenly, violence erupts – a result
of the coup that forever changes their country’s future. Amidst the chaos, Roya waited but Bahman never came.
After the heartbreak of Bahman not showing on the date of their marriage, Roya moves on to a new chapter of her life. But fate has its own ways, after more than half a century, a chance encounter gives Roya an opportunity to ask all the unanswered questions that haunted her for years: Why did you leave me? Where did you go? How is it that you were able to forget me?
"Our fate is written on our foreheads when we're born. It can't be seen, can't be read, but it's there in invisible ink all right, and life follows that fate. No matter what."
Oh my gosh! After reading The Stationery Shop, it definitely became one of my favorite books of all time! It was so good, I get to connect with the characters, I learned something and it certainly made my heart ached that it deserved a solid five stars from me. Such a beautiful, moving story of great love which author Marjan Kamali delivered splendidly!
The story doesn't only takes place in the 1950's but also in the year 2013 (the present date in the book) so we go back and forth in the story and we get to see and know what happened in between all of the time – how their relationship started and blossoms, also about their personal lives. And honestly, this book completely took me by surprise it has devoured my heart and soul! I did not expect every twist and turns that happened and was really caught off guard by all the revelations that blown me away. It made me feel a lot of emotions and I sincerely love this book with all my heart. It's just so nice to witness a love story that has stood the test of time❤