The Golden Orchard Audiobook By Flora Ahn cover art

The Golden Orchard

 Preview

$0.00 for first 30 days

Try for $0.00
Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks, and podcasts.
You will get an email reminder before your trial ends.
Audible Plus auto-renews for $7.95/mo after 30 days. Upgrade or cancel anytime.

The Golden Orchard

By: Flora Ahn
Narrated by: Kathleen Choe
Try for $0.00

$7.95 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $6.95

Buy for $6.95

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use, License, and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.
Cancel

A rich, warm, intergenerational time-travel story for ages nine and up

Maya loves to cook with her grandmother - her Halmunee - to connect with the rich family history associated with each dish, a history Maya's mom would prefer stayed in the past. While cooking with Halmunee, something remarkable happens - the food creates such a strong memory that Maya and Halmunee are transported back in time through the memory itself. Halmunee explains that the women in her family have the gift of time travel through food and Maya can do it too, if she practices. While eating her way through the past, Maya meets Jeff: another young time traveler who brings her to the Golden Orchard, a garden of memories filled with the trees of so many people's lives. Maya learns that time moves in ways she couldn't imagine and sometimes family keep their memories secret to protect the ones they love.

©2019 Flora Ahn (P)2020 Audible Originals, LLC. Asian & Pacific Islander Creators Fantasy & Magic Science Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Time Travel Feel-Good Funny Heartfelt

Go Behind the Scenes of The Golden Orchard

0:00
.

Our favorite moments from The Golden Orchard

The Golden Orchard
"How could this be happening? Time travel wasn’t real."
-0.00
The Golden Orchard
Maya returns home and is in shock.
-0.00
The Golden Orchard
The differences between family Maya and friend Maya
-0.00
  • The Golden Orchard
  • "How could this be happening? Time travel wasn’t real."
  • The Golden Orchard
  • Maya returns home and is in shock.
  • The Golden Orchard
  • The differences between family Maya and friend Maya

About the Creator

Flora Ahn is an attorney by day and an author and illustrator by night. Her work includes a children's chapter book series, Pug Pals (Scholastic), as well as her popular blog, Bah Humpug. Raised in California by her Korean immigrant parents, Ahn lives in Virginia with her three pugs and practices law in DC. She is always looking for opportunities to further pursue her love of food, books, drawing, and writing, and is especially excited to find ways to combine them. The Golden Orchard is her first Audible Original.

About the Performer

Kathleen Choe holds an MFA in Acting from the New School for Drama. She has appeared in numerous plays and musicals, as well as film and TV. Her theater roles include performing as Belinda Blair in Noises Off at Two River Theater, directed by Sarna Lapine. Her film and television work includes Law and Order: SVU, Maniac, Show Me a Hero, Quantico, Younger, Broad City, Mysteries of Laura, Forever, and Delivery Man. The Golden Orchard is her first foray into the audiobook world.

Audible for your kids

The Power of Listening

Fuel children's imaginations while improving reading skills and vocabulary. Discover our curated selection of audio for kids.
Audible for Your Kids Home Page
Unexpected Plot Twists • Cultural Richness • Excellent Narration • Engaging Time Travel • Heartwarming Family Story
Highly rated for:
All stars
Most relevant  
This story is a cute new telling of time travel, with mixed elements from The Time Traveler's Wife, the Man Who Folded Himself, and the Adam Sandler movie, Click.

It was a quick listen, the narrator did a great job.

Side Note: I'm in Korea right now under quarantine... the way the author described all the various Korean foods made my mouth water! I know what I am going to eat as soon as I am able!

Interesting Take on Time Travel Tropes

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A fun take on time travel and dealing with the past. Family relationships and being young. Worth a listen!

Fantasy and growing up

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I love the description of the food, and the relationship it has within this family's dynamics. The time travel is a bit hard to comprehend at first but gets easier to go along with as the story progresses. Some questions that I had weren't answered, but then again maybe that is what makes this story intriguing. Quick listen and light hearted.

Cute story!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Absolutely loved this!
Having lived in Korea for years, all the dishes and festivals brought back fond memories.
The narrator is great and the storyline fascinating but sweet.

Lovely & poignant

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I really enjoyed this book. It was a time travel that I didn’t expect. I highly recommend this heart warming story

Unexpected

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Got this book as a free title listen. Wow, what a surprise! Excellent story line, great narration. Very unique! Extremely enjoyable listen. Loved hearing the Korean words and about the culture. Hope Flora Ahn might think about a sequel.

Don't miss this one!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
After awhile it reeled me in. Rather enjoyable. Ended different than what I had expected.

Slow To Get Going

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
There is a rich depth to these characters. The history and food are enchanting. There is so much potential to take this story in many directions in subsequent volumes; I hope she writes more.

So much potential

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I didn’t know the story was Korean culture related. When I started listening to the stories of different foods and culture oddities/quarks, I couldn’t help my self... I was grinning! It was well written and entertaining. I loved it so much, I shared the book with my grown up daughters. Thank you for the story.

Wow. I can relate.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
twists and turns and I am still a bit confused about the middle. I will listen again to figure it out unless I am supposed to be confused.

great story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews