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Parsnips in Love

By: Porochista Khakpour
Narrated by: Neil Shah
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From award-winning Iranian author Porochista Khakpour comes a tender fable about the shapes love takes, a discovery of ineffable beauty, and the desire to make it last.

An ailing farmer in rural Iran unearths an extraordinary find: two parsnips, grown together and looking for all the world like entwined lovers. For now, the sublime treasure is his secret. Wrapping it in a silk handkerchief, he nestles it away in a dresser drawer. Day after day, he gazes at their unmistakable rapture, reminded of the long-gone youthful passions he once shared with his wife. So, too, he mourns the inevitable - the eventual decay of the parsnips in love. When he decides to share his discovery with the world, his life and the lives of those around him connect and change in the most unexpected ways.

©2019 Porochista Khakpour (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
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What a lovely, well-written and wonderfully narrated story. I felt like I was sitting at my grandfather’s knee, listening to him tell me a story. The narrator’s voice is just perfect. As with all good stories, I was sad for it to end.

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so sweet

This is one of the sweetest and tenderest stories I've ever heard. The characters are portrayed with such respect and compassion. Beautifully written and narrated.

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Worth the read, yet puzzling

I'm surprised by how this story turned out. Still, it was a good read. I'm glad it wasn't cliche, but some more romance would have been nice.

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Weirdly and Oddly Sweet

I don't understand the whole story,. But, it's all about love and connection. The narrator is wonderful.

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Quirky and Lovely

The simplicity of this story and descriptions are charming and a reminder to look for beauty and love in everyday objects and life.

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You mean you haven't listed to this yet?? Why not

I admit, the title intrigued me. The summary was odd, but okay. This book is FABULOUS. Get past the names and the places. Not everyone in the world is European nor American. Listen to the story of an aging couple finding themselves in the strangest, and yet highly plausible way. I'm that woman. Her husband is my husband. We are them. Read this. Take an hour off and smile down to your core. ****Update My hubby and I were traveling and needed a short book, so we listened to this. He is not a reader, preferring movies to books. But he was entranced. Laughed at all the right places and afterwards, we talked about this miracle. I hope you like it as much as we do.

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Beautiful.

This is one of the best “free” Audible selections I’ve read. Thanks go out to the author, narrator, and whoever decides to add it to Audible.
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Like a modern folk tale

I enjoyed this story. It reminds me of timeless folk tales, but this one is about a farmer who winds up using the Internet. The narrator has a rich poetic voice.

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Wacky Vegetable Love 😂😂😂

Parsnips in Love is a quirky and sometimes sad story of an old man, past his prime in life who finds two parsnips in his garden, entwined around one another as if they are making love. The degree to which the farmer gets attached to the parsnips is strange, yet in a way endearing. He is utterly obsessed with it so much that he loses sight of everything else. It reminds him of his youth, his own lost vitality . . .and eventually does the same for his wife. To me it could have been told in less time, but I won't soon forget this weird vegetable tale.

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Unusual and refreshing

Intrigued by the title, I listened.
It was an unusual short story, well written, unexpected, and so beautifully narrated

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