A review by heylook
Together Tea by Marjan Kamali

4.0

Surprised at how good this was - the synopsis on the back makes it sound like a romance novel, but it's really a novel about a young Iranian-American woman coming to terms with what it means to be a hyphenated-American, culture clash, etc. etc. A couple of dips into romance territory verge on the cheesy, but only temporarily, and this is more than made up for by the genuine pathos felt throughout, something all too rare in novels these days. The middle bit, about life in Iran in the early days of the revolution, is particularly good, though it could have done with a liiiiitle bit more background.