In this story by Marjan Kamali a young teenage girl in Iran named Roya falls in love with a poet named Bahman. Roya's loyal sister, Zari, warns Roya that Bahman might not be as great as Roya thinks he is. The romance between Roya and Bahman are thwarted by an interfering mother and her emotional manipulation of the man who runs The Stationary Shop. The letters between Roya and Bahman are exchanged in the stationary shop. Although they are separated and lead their lives without each other Roya and Bahman meet again in the twilight of their lives. Sixty years after the fact the loving couple realize what actually happened in Iran in 1953 and come to terms with it. This was a very entertaining story.
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