num_pages: 32
description: When Fatima hears this terrifying prophecy at the village well, she and her parents decide to leave home in search of a safe haven. However, as night falls their adventure takes a strange and magical turn. Fatima departs from her parents' company and enters a new world, in which she must show supreme patience and courage if she is to find her one true love.
language: English
title: The Patient Stone: A Persian Love Story
titlecomplete: The Patient Stone: A Persian Love Story
genres: Picture Books
ratings_count: 7
places: Persia
publisher: Barefoot Books, New York