A review by purni
The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali

5.0

I could not put this book down. I was absolutely immersed in the world of Roya and Bahman. Their letters to one another took me back in time to my own love story of a long distance relationship that survived on letters. The tragedy of it brought a heavy knot up my throat. I wanted to know more about Walter, from the author, not just from Roya. I do not understand why the author made Roya go through Marigold. Why? What was the point other than to tie it back to that one line Roya remembered from Mrs. Aslan. Was it to help Roya comprehend the fragility of human life, hadn't Roya already understood that at Sepah Square? That one part did not make sense to me. I also wished to know more about Patricia and Alice and how they come to be of comfort and support to Roya through the years, not just around Marigold.
A weekend well spent lost in the pages of a good book.