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SUMMARY:Women and Books Discussing The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali
LOCATION:West Hollywood Library\nWest Hollywood Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join the book club for a hybrid (in-person and online) discuss
 ion of The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali. For adults..\nhttps://laco
 untylibrary.libnet.info/event/16489940
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>This is a hybrid event and will be hosted 
 in-person in the Community Meeting Room at West Hollywood Library as well 
 as on Zoom. Please register at the link below to receive the link to the m
 eeting via email.<a href="https://lacountylibrary.webex.com/lacountylibrar
 y/j.php?MTID=maa8a00d769f8b023cc81d2d603b7184c"></a></p>\n<p><a href="http
 s://library-lacounty-gov.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtcOivqzwpGNDyGiDsipuo
 B54noYxGsxYg">https://library-lacounty-gov.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtcO
 ivqzwpGNDyGiDsipuoB54noYxGsxYg</a></p>\n<p>Co-sponsored by the City of Wes
 t Hollywood Women's Advisory Board\, Women and Books Book Club meets on th
 e first Tuesday of the month to discuss literary works by and focused on w
 omen.</p>\n<p>Please contact the library to borrow a print copy of the boo
 k.<span style="color: #000000\;"> eBook is available through <a href="http
 s://www.hoopladigital.com/ebook/the-stationery-shop-marjan-kamali/12514090
 ">hoopla digital</a> (no wait) and <a href="https://libbyapp.com/search/la
 countylibrary/search/query-The%20Stationery%20Shop/page-1/4501212">Libby</
 a>\, and downloadable audiobook is available through <a href="https://libb
 yapp.com/search/lacountylibrary/search/query-The%20Stationery%20Shop/page-
 1/4385048">Libby</a>.</span></p>\n<p>Summary provided by the publisher:</p
 >\n<p>Roya is a dreamy\, idealistic teenager living in 1953 Tehran who\, a
 midst the political upheaval of the time\, finds a literary oasis in kindl
 y Mr. Fakhri&rsquo\;s neighborhood book and stationery shop. She always fe
 els safe in his dusty store\, overflowing with fountain pens\, shiny ink b
 ottles\, and thick pads of soft writing paper.</p>\n<p>When Mr. Fakhri\, w
 ith a keen instinct for a budding romance\, introduces Roya to his other f
 avorite customer&mdash\;handsome Bahman\, who has a burning passion for ju
 stice and a love for Rumi&rsquo\;s poetry&mdash\;she loses her heart at on
 ce. And\, as their romance blossoms\, the modest little stationery shop re
 mains their favorite place in all of Tehran.</p>\n<p>A few short months la
 ter\, on the eve of their marriage\, Roya agrees to meet Bahman at the tow
 n square\, but suddenly\, violence erupts&mdash\;a result of the coup d&rs
 quo\;etat that forever changes their country&rsquo\;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 resigns herse
 lf to never seeing him again.</p>\n<p>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 he leave? Where did he go? How was he able to forget her?</p>\nhtt
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