Marjan Kamali
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English
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"Roya is a dreamy, idealistic teenager living in 1953 Tehran who, amidst the political upheaval of the time, finds a literary oasis in kindly Mr. Fakhri's neighborhood book and stationery shop. She always feels safe in his dusty store, overflowing with fountain pens, shiny ink bottles, and thick pads of soft writing paper. When Mr. Fakhri, with a keen instinct for a budding romance, introduces Roya to his other favorite customer -- handsome Bahman,...
2) Together tea
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English
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"Darya has discovered the perfect gift for her daughter's twenty-fifth birthday: an ideal husband. Mina, however, is fed up with her mother's years of endless matchmaking and the spreadsheets grading available Iranian-American bachelors. Having spent her childhood in Tehran and the rest of her life in New York City, Mina has experienced cultural clashes firsthand, but she's learning that the greatest clashes sometimes happen at home. After a last...
Author
Publisher
Hauteville
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Français
Description
Les amoureux ne se rencontrent jamais par hasard,
Chacun abrite l'autre dans son coeur depuis le début.
Téhéran, 1953. Les parents de Roya veulent le meilleur pour leur fille : ils l'inscrivent dans un prestigieux lycée de la capitale, espérant bien faire d'elle une savante, une intellectuelle, une femme capable de changer le cours de l'histoire. La jeune fille fréquente régulièrement la librairie de M. Fakhri, où
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Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
20240702
Language
English
Description
From the nationally bestselling author of the "powerful, heartbreaking" (Shelf Awareness) The Stationery Shop, a heartfelt, epic new novel of friendship, betrayal, and redemption set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran.
In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown. Lonely and bearing the brunt...
In 1950s Tehran, seven-year-old Ellie lives in grand comfort until the untimely death of her father, forcing Ellie and her mother to move to a tiny home downtown. Lonely and bearing the brunt...
