{"product_id":"the-stationery-shop-1","title":"The Stationery Shop","description":"From the New York Times bestselling author of Together Tea and The Lion Women of Tehran, a poignant, \"powerful\" (The Wall Street Journal) and \"affecting novel about first love\" (Real Simple) that explores loss, reconciliation, and the quirks of fate.\n\nRoya, a dreamy, idealistic teenager living amid the political upheaval of 1953 Tehran, finds a literary oasis in kindly Mr. Fakhri’s neighborhood stationery shop, stocked with books and pens and bottles of jewel-colored ink.\n\nThen Mr. 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—and she loses her heart at once. Their romance blossoms, and the little stationery shop remains their favorite place in all of Tehran.\n\nA few short months later, on the eve of their marriage, Roya agrees to meet Bahman at the town square when violence erupts—a result of the coup d’etat that forever changes their country’s future. In the chaos, Bahman never shows. For weeks, Roya tries desperately to contact him, but her efforts are fruitless. With a sorrowful heart, she moves on—to college in California, to another man, to a life in New England—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 you leave? Where did you go? How is it that you were able to forget me?\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1982107499\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1982107499.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Kamali, Marjan\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41455501410362,"sku":"DBV.1982107499.G","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1982107499-0.jpg?v=1781059590","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-stationery-shop-1","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}