The Girl from the Garden: A Novel Audiobook

Quotes

• “Parnaz Foroutan takes the timeless themes of love, honor, sacrifice and betrayal and makes them new.”

  — Gloria Steinem, #1 New York Times bestselling author

• “An evocative tale of loss, betrayal, and family ties. Parnaz Foroutan is a stunning new literary talent.”

  — Amy Greene, New York Times bestselling author

• “[An] elegant debut…It’s a riveting portrait of family strife in a troubled land—and the fallout when a woman’s fertility determines her worth.”

  — People

• “Ultimately, The Girl from the Garden is about how telling stories helps us to hold our past in our hands—and about how a flowering yard ‘teeming with life’ in far-off Los Angeles can movingly become, for one wandering storyteller, a home.”

  — Seattle Times

• “[A] scorching debut novel.”

  — W Magazine, Books to Add to Your Summer Reading List

• “An evocative portrait of Iranian Jewish culture and the experience of being a woman who felt that both her family, and her body—which dictated her worth—had betrayed her.”

  — Bustle magazine

• “Foroutan’s richly layered debut explores the dark political maneuverings inside a single household in a Jewish enclave in Iran…sumptuous prose paints a vivid portrait of a rarely explored historical and cultural setting.”

  — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

• “Suspenseful and haunting, this riveting story of jealousy, sacrifice, and betrayal and the intimately drawn characters within will not be easily forgotten.”

  — Booklist (starred review)

• “Foroutan’s lyrical debut offers a mosaic of stories evoking life within a wealthy Jewish home in Kermanshah, Iran…The poetic narration overlays the suffering with surprising beauty.”

  — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

• “[A] poignant, accomplished, and cinematic first novel.”

  — BookPage

• “Narrator Lameece Issaq calls on her acting background to deliver naturally paced, animated dialogue, brimming with the women’s feelings…The ethnicity of the family and the Middle Eastern setting are enriched by her native-sounding Hebrew and other regional accents, giving listeners an added layer of connection.”

  — AudioFile

• “The Girl from the Garden is a spectacular novel—a riveting, finely wrought portrait of loss, longing, and passion in the intimate lives of an extended family in Iran. Foroutan is a writer of astounding talent, and her tale is moving and unforgettable.”

  — Carolina De Robertis, author of The Invisible Mountain

• “Foroutan unfurls a sensuous, poetic tapestry of gardens and seasons, of women enshrouded and silenced by culture, of men made intractable by honor, religious tradition, and filial loyalty.”

  — Melissa Pritchard, award–winning author of Palmerino

• “A powerful story about the contorted lives of women in an ancient patriarchy, radiantly told.”

  — Robert Eversz, author of Zero to the Bone