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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. Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Magical Realism Short Stories Small Town & Rural Women's Fiction World Literature Magic Marriage

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I really enjoyed this charming and quirky story.
It was full of sweetness and sorrow which was captivating.

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