The Lemon Grove

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ISBN 978-0-8101-2829-3Contributors
Publication Date
August 2012
Categories
Page Count
200 pages
Trim Size
6 x 9
ISBN
0-8101-2829-2
The Lemon Grove
A Novel
Identical twins Ruzbeh and Behruz are at the center of Ali Hosseini’s debut novel in English--a story about love, redemption, and the courage to survive in the face of calamity and loss. The novel begins in the small town in southern Iran where the boys were raised and in their summer home which is surrounded by a lemon grove. Their idyll is shattered by personal and geopolitical events. Both boys fall in love with Shireen, a childhood friend. Behruz goes to America to escape the pain of competing for Shireen's affections. Ruzbeh fights in the Iran/Iraq war and ends up alone and wandering the streets. When Behruz returns to Iran to help his shell-shocked brother, he finds the country devastated by revolution and war. His return sets off a string of events that change all their lives.
Reviews
"The new Kite Runner . . . It does for Iran what Khaled Hosseini’s best seller did for Afghanistan." —Marie Claire
The circumstances surrounding a single family shed light on a country in turmoil in Hosseini's moving English fiction debut….pulses with vibrancy and genuine emotion…his deft deployment of details imbues this short novel with an enthralling sense of character, time, and place." —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
"The intensity of the story, global and personal, will spark discussion." —Booklist