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Jael Richardson's book pick: The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali

Our books columnist, Jael Richardson, fills us in on a new book to check out: The Stationery Shop by Marjan Kamali.
The Stationery Shop is the second novel by Marjan Kamali. (David E. Lawrence, Simon & Schuster)

Jael Richardson is q's books columnist. She drops by every couple weeks to fill us in on a new book to check out. Today, she joins host Tom Power to talk about Marjan Kamali's second novel The Stationery Shop. It's a story of unrequited love which starts in a stationery shop amidst the 1950s political unrest in Tehran. Richardson tells us why she likes a novel that shines a light on places and times that are unfamiliar to her. 

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