
She wants to know why he never showed up at the arranged meeting. She is honest with her husband, Walter, about going to visit Bahman. There, she meets Omid, Bahman’s son, and learns that Bahman is at a retirement home nearby. In the end, both Roya and Bahman live full lives, but their story is incomplete until Roya happens on a store that reminds her of the store in Iran where she first met Bahman. She was always afraid to have children since Badri told her that children die. After losing her first child suddenly at the age of 1 year, Roya eventually has a second child.

Bahman marries the woman his mother chooses, Shahla, and has twins. Life Goes On after Lossīoth Roya and Bahman move on with their lives and go on to create families on opposite sides of the world. Bahman was the only one of her children who survived, and she set all her dreams on him. She aborted his child on her own and blamed him for the 3 other miscarriages/stillbirths she had afterward. He failed to defy his father, and she never forgave him for it.

He promised to marry her, but his father had other plans. When she was 14, Ali fell in love with her, and she gave herself to him. Why does Ali agree to Intercede?Īli agrees to do as Badri wishes because she guilts him into it. In this way, Bahman’s mother can advance her social position as planned by having Bahman marry the woman she chose for him. Then, he writes letters to each of the lovers to let the other know that the other no longer wants to get married. She convinces the bookseller, Ali, to use his calligraphy skills to edit the letter sent from Bahman to Roya so that they miss a planned meeting. They become engaged and plan to get married, but Bahman’s mother, Badri, is against the match. There, he gave them a chance to be alone, and their love grew.


They first meet at The Stationery Shop, owned by Ali. Bahman and Roya fall in love in 1950s Iran, during the ousting of the prime minister. The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali is primarily a love story.
