![]() ![]() Meanwhile, his wife has discovered the parsnips and is also fascinated by it. Our protagonist becomes obsessed with preserving the parsnip. Opportunities for TV and feature films come in, as well as a purchase offer from a wealthy investor. The sight of the parsnips making love so passionately brings people across the world to tears. The international fame that follows is almost too much. While our protagonist is reluctant, he eventually accepts. This apprentice suggests they share the parsnip online – hoping for internet fame and wealth. Eventually, he shows the parsnip(s) to his apprentice, a younger man. He also thinks about the position of the parsnips and how intense their lovemaking seems to be. In fact, he becomes somewhat obsessed with maintaining it in its current form. This captivates our protagonist and he wants to hide and protect his treasure. To be precise, it is two parsnips that look like they are making love. In Parsnips in Love, our protagonist, a farmer in Iran, finds a parsnip while out farming one day. This has been the most unusual short stories in the Prime Reading collection. I fell head over heels in love with the book covers in this collection and immediately followed their IG account over on my personal Instagram. With this one, we do have to praise the cover artist for the exceptional job they did on these illustrations. I’ve read three of the stories in The One series, and this was my favourite so far. As a team they work together to overcome one of the most traumatic events: experiencing problems with pregnancy after four months and Larami having to spend the next four months laying down in order to preserve the lives of her unborn twins. Larami is sensitive, clever and she seems to be a natural leader. I REALLY liked this writing approach and thought it really brought the story to life. The short story is divided into three parts, centered around three significant events in the couple’s lives, and each member of the couple contributes their view of what happened on the day in question. I would really recommend this one!Īn account of one heterosexual couple’s meetcute and a marriage day that didn’t turn out quite as planned. Though a difficult topic, the Serrano’s writing brings light and laughter, humility and grace to retelling what has got to have been one of the most traumatic events of their lifetimes. There should be something for everyone among these, including readers who love romance, non-fiction, sci-fi and thriller genres. ![]() Those listed here are my favourites from among the ones I’ve read so far. While these were all free for me to read, the retail cost is £0.99, so if one takes your fancy it might be worth taking a punt on one of these short stories. In my eyes, these Amazon exclusive short stories are perfect for reluctant readers, those with limited time on their hands, or those moments when you feel you want a bite-sized story (one you can gobble up on your lunch break… too far?). Regardless of that wider debate, I wanted to use this space to shine a light on some of the exceptional short stories that I was able to access via this service, in the hopes that you might benefit from a short read. I’m not here to explicitly promote Prime or Amazon (I have nothing to gain from doing so), nor enter the debate about its ethical practices but I will say that while I agree that capitalism is abhorrent, I do find the current discussion around boycotting Amazon very classist, ableist and US/UK centric. Alongside the announcement that Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie would soon be releasing a short story via Amazon, I learned that I had access to Prime Reading: a service that comes with an Amazon Prime membership and allows you to rent book titles to read on your kindle.Īs my local library is temporarily closed, and I suddenly had the unshifting desire to read exclusively on my kindle, this couldn’t have come around at a better time. ![]()
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