First Thursday Fiction Book Group
to
Hoover Public Library 200 Municipal Drive, Birmingham, Alabama 35216
Join us as we discuss The Stationary Shop by Marjan Kamali.
Kamali's The Stationery Shop: Roya, a dreamy, idealistic teenager living amid the political upheaval of 1953 Tehran, finds a literary oasis in kindly Mr. Fakhri’s neighborhood stationery shop, stocked with books and pens and bottles of jewel-colored ink. Then Mr. Fakhri, with a keen instinct for a budding romance, introduces Roya to his other favorite customer—handsome Bahman, who has a burning passion for justice and a love for Rumi’s poetry—and she loses her heart at once. Their romance blossoms, and the little stationery shop remains their favorite place in all of Tehran.
Our book groups are a fun way to delve deeper into your love of literature by sharing it with others! Refreshments included.
Location: Fitzgerald Room
AGE GROUP: Adults