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Firyal: A heartbreaking love story, beautifully told.

United States on Nov 04, 2023

Safoura Rafeizadeh: An interesting story of a tangled living depicting a history not possible to be captured in history books! Over the top teen love that lingers and dulls lives and happiness ever after!! If only Romeo and Jolliet had lived.

United States on Oct 07, 2023

Vanessa L.: The cover is nice but the pages are poor quality paper and very rough edge's. Feels poor quality or a counterfeit.

United Kingdom on Sep 22, 2023

Sherry Sharpnack: Roya is an elderly Massachusetts housewife, married to a safe, kind man who isn't the love of her life. But as an Iranian immigrant, Walter was a safe haven for her from the turbulence of 1953 Tehran. However, the world drops out from under her when she finds out that the boy she left behind in Tehran is still alive... and lives in a town just a few miles away. Should Roya visit her now-elderly former boyfriend and find out what happened on that long-ago day in 1953 Tehran? She can't help but return to her memories as she ponders what do do....
She remembers her seventeen-year-old self as a sheltered student in 1953 Tehran, living w/ her parents and younger sister. Roya loves to stop by Mr. Fakhri's stationery shop to touch the books of Iranian poetry, papers, pens, and inks. One day, in walks a radiant young man, who dreams of changing the world, and Roya is smitten. Bakhram and Roya fall in love under Mr. Fakhri's watchful eye, and plan to marry. However, the 1953 Iranian revolution happens in August, when the democratically-elected prime minister is overthrown by the Shah's forces. Bakhram disappears; bad things happen for Mr. Fakhri; and Roya is left not knowing which way...

United States on Aug 26, 2023

SM: Great writing kept me interested through out the whole book.

Canada on Apr 17, 2023

carriele1216: Let me start by saying this is out of my typical reading genre. I got this book as a result of one of those Blind Date with a Book offerings and liked it so much that I bought another copy for a friend.

This following section is basically a synopsis with no real spoilers, but if you're someone who doesn't read the inside of the jacket cover, you may want to skip this section.

This story centers around a young boy and a girl (Bahman and Roya) who fall in love in 1953 Iran. The political turmoil is great. The threat of violence is ever present and it's hard to know who is a spy and who is on the political side you favor. When the young couple meet in a stationary shop, it is instant attraction. Each Tuesday they continue to meet until Bahman asks Roya to marry him. Not everyone is pleased with this match however. Bahman's mom, in particular, is vehemently opposed. Bahman, who is a political activist, needs to escape from the city and abruptly leaves. Roya knows little but she corresponds with him through letters hidden inside of books in the stationary shop. Bahman suggests they meet in the square and spontaneously get married. This never happens leaving Roya to always...

United States on Apr 04, 2023

Toye: Sad but enjoyable read

United Kingdom on Jul 04, 2021

Justjj: What a beautifully written love story. I laughed and I cried many times. A genuine look at life in the midst of cultural and religious expectations. I could not put this book down.

Canada on Aug 29, 2020

alfred honey: Reading pleasure.

Canada on Jul 24, 2020