Themes: Thoughtful themes include family devotion and loyalty, loss, power of love, family secrets, resilience, and determination.Ĭontent warning: undiagnosed mental illness, mention of a self-induced abortion This story of life-long soul mates reminds me of the love story in The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Although the ending is bittersweet and mostly satisfying, the circumstances are also seem somewhat contrived.Ĭharacters: We first meet Roya and Bahman as teenagers in Tehran, and the author allows peeks into their individual adult lives in America through a dual timeline. The writing sweeps you up into the lives of these believable characters, the culture, complicated family relationships, and the political conflict in August of 1953. I appreciated descriptions of the beloved stationery shop, the customs, the food, the political conflict, and the colorful characters. Through vivid details and great story telling, I was transported to Tehran in the 50s. Writing: The lovely prose in The Stationery Shop captures you from the first page. Their happy life together is complicated by family tension and political unrest. They share a love of poetry and continue to meet in the Stationery Shop while their romance grows. Roya loves the fountain pens, shiny ink bottles, and the thick, lovely writing paper while Bahman loves Rumi’s poetry and is an activist. *This post contains Amazon affiliate links.Ĭomplicated families….soul mates….resilience….
Genre/Categories: Historical Romantic Fiction, Romance, Family Life, Iran
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