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About The Gardener Of Baghdad
Product Description 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 forty 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. Review " Beautifully told and totally absorbing story transporting the reader between modern day war torn Baghdad and an earlier period of peace and prosperity." -John Olney- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The Gardener of Baghdad is a warm, uplifting story that infuses hope even in the middle of great darkness. Penned with a tender hand, Ardalan doesn't dwell on the horrors at hand. Instead, he writes with poetic vibrancy and brings his characters to life with great humanity. There are only two forces in life, love and fear, and The Gardener of Baghdad is a wonderful story of the triumph of love." -Nanette Littlestone, Author of The Sacred Flame- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Wonderful characters and story about a turbulent time in Iraq for both story lines so I cried both tears of sadness and of joy." -Joe Naumann- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A page-turner that takes the reader through the political history of Iraq with a captivating love story that touches the heart and quickens the pulse. This novel is one of the best I've read this year, reminiscent of Khalid Hussein's work." -Manny Olawale- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Excellent story...one I enjoyed immensely. I felt I learned a lotabout the countries that are in the news. The author did a superbjob of letting us know and understand the characters. I recommendto anyone looking for a great read." -Elaine Bonnell- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The type of book that draws you in and makes you forget the world around you.I could not put this book down." -M. Smith- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A journey to another time, another place. A history lesson about Baghdad. A love story being read to you by the narrator who is as anxious to read the next page as you are. Beauty in so many ways." -Amazon reviewer- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From the Author "Love and peace are not just words, they are a way of life..And in an honest living, love will always conquer" No matter how dark life becomes sometimes, there is always hope. All you have to do is believe. The Gardener of Baghdad, is a novel of hope. ~Ahmad Ardalan~ About the Author Ahmad Ardalan is a two-time cancer survivor. He was born in Baghdad in 1979. At the age of two, he moved with his parents to Vienna, Austria, where he spent most of his childhood and underwent his primary studies. After his father's diplomatic mission finished at the end of 1989, he returned to Iraq, where he continued his studies and graduated from the University of Dentistry. As a result of the unstable political, military, social, and economic conditions in his home country, Ahmad decided to leave Iraq and move to the UAE. After facing difficulties to pursue his care
