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The Gardener of Baghdad

By: Ahmad Ardalan
Narrated by: Randal Schaffer
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"Two people, one city, different times; connected by a memoir. Can love exist in a city destined for decades of misery?"

Adnan leads a weary existence as a bookshop owner in modern-day, war-torn Baghdad, where bombings, corruption, and assault are everyday occurrences and the struggle to survive has suffocated the joy out of life for most. But when he begins to clean out his bookshop of 40 years to leave his city in search of somewhere safer, he comes across the story of Ali, the Gardener of Baghdad. Adnan rediscovers through a memoir handwritten by the gardener decades ago that beauty, love, and hope can still exist, even in the darkest corners of the world.

©2014 Ahmad Ardalan (P)2017 Ahmad Ardalan 20th Century Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Romance Middle East Memoir
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Really enjoyed this audio book,read the book some time ago, so I thought I will check out the audio book, was not disappointed, it was very well read and written, hope we get some more audio books by this brilliant writer

Fantastic story

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I thoroughly enjoyed this work, I could feel the warmth and generousity of the middle eastern culture through this book, lives broken in yet another political upheaval. Albeit short , there was room to develop other characters maybe a bit more on the revolution , it felt very romeo and juliet like ..perhaps this was the intention of the writer, all the same a must read.

A warm read, feels like a turkish drama

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Lovely to have a love story set in Baghdad with beautiful descriptions of the characters and traditions

Love story set in Baghdad

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Would you listen to The Gardener of Baghdad again? Why?

This is a book I would listen to again.

What about Randal Schaffer’s performance did you like?

The narrator was great.

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This book was gifted to me in exchange for an honest review. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it was beautifully written and the characters were very likable. What I loved most about it was the description of Baghdad, the author has a beautiful way of taking the listener through his writing to the wonderful city and bringing it alive in our imagination. I would highly recommend this book and will definitely be looking for other books by this author.

What a wonderful book!

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Highly recommend this Book. Wonderful story excellent writing. You won't be disappointed with this read.

Wonderful Story

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