A Love Story Written in Ink and MemoryMarjan Kamali’s The Stationery Shop of Tehran is a richly layered novel that weaves together romance, history, and the ache of lives interrupted. Set against the turbulent backdrop of 1950s Tehran — particularly the politically charged events surrounding the 1953 coup — the…
Marjan Kamali’s The Lion Women of Tehran is a sweeping, emotionally rich novel that traces the lives of two women across three defining decades of Iranian history. At its heart is the friendship between Ellie and Homa, two girls from opposite ends of Tehran’s social spectrum whose bond forms in the 1950s and endures — or strains to endure — through revolution, upheaval, and the weight of a single, devastating betrayal.
