A Girl Called Rumi

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A Girl Called Rumi, Ari Honarvar’s debut novel, weaves a captivating tale of survival, redemption, and the power of storytelling.

Kimia, a successful spiritual advisor whose Iranian childhood continues to haunt her, collides with a mysterious giant bird in her mother’s California garage. She begins reliving her experience as a nine-year-old girl in war-torn Iran, including her friendship with a mystical storyteller who led her through the mythic Seven Valleys of Love.

Grappling with her unresolved past, Kimia agrees to accompany her ailing mother back to Iran, only to arrive in the midst of the Green Uprising in the streets. Against the backdrop of the election protests, Kimia begins to unravel the secrets of the night that broke her mother and produced a dangerous enemy. As past and present collide, she must choose between running away again or completing her unfinished journey through the Valley of Death to save her brother.

Critics Review

  • “A magical journey to a world of mystical delights, enchantment, and revelation. It’s a page-turner that goes deep into the nature of reality beyond perception.”

    Deepak Chopra, New York Times bestselling author

  • “Honarvar’s gorgeously evocative prose subtly captures the young Kimia’s irrepressible delight in the face of oppression…A story that draws beautifully on the power of Iranian fables to unearth the magical, restorative world that Kimia finds beneath the rubble of war.”

    Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

  • “Readers hunger for stories like this—full of fascinating new worlds and redemptive outcomes.”

    Rene Denfeld, author of The Child Finder

  • “Honarvar manages to weave potent Sufi teaching stories, a gripping mystery set in the midst of the upheaval of the Iran-Iraq War, and beautiful writing into a magic carpet that transported me from the moment I opened the book to the moment I reluctantly turned the last page. Highly recommended.”

    Mirabai Starr, author of Wild Mercy

  • “From the horrors of Iran-Iraq War to the complex reality of modern-day Iran, this is a novel that is as mesmerizing and dynamic as the Persian poetry it carries.”

    Sahar Delijani, author of Children of the Jacaranda Tree

  • “Rasha Zamamiri’s captivating performance of this timely audiobook will enchant listeners…Zamamiri expresses the emotional core of each character, and her accents and pronunciation of Farsi words are impeccable.”

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