Bahar & Baraan

A tree with heart-shaped leaves. A heartbeat only one girl can feel. And a love story that has waited lifetimes to be heard.

Summary

Bahar is seven when she first feels the heartbeat in the tree with heart-shaped leaves. For years, she is the only one who can. Then comes Baraan. Then comes the stranger. And then the tree begins to fail, and the two friends must uncover the secret it has been keeping all along.

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