The Girl with the Orange By: Jostein Gaarder Dar Al-Mana 2003 Translated by: Madani Qasri 201 pages Little Georg remembers little about his father. His father died of a serious illness when Georg was four years old. Suddenly, eleven years later, he receives a letter from his father, which he addressed to Georg "the Elder". This letter appeared at the right time. It is a farewell letter that tells the love story of the wonderful Orange Girl. This letter is a journey into the past, but it poses questions to Georg about the meaning and significance of life. The Girl with the Orange is a hymn to life, love, and the courage that is indispensable for overcoming the most difficult and rugged paths. After reading this book, a somewhat foolish idea occurred to me: if there were a mail for the dead, how many letters could reach us from the dead?! How many are the words we can only express when we die, when we feel that no one can judge us for a word, and how much a word resembles an orange, according to the Orange Girl, as there are no two words exactly alike, at least when they come out with different sounds.. As for the question, "We are in this world only this one time," I will never forget this phrase.. Being in an amazing place only once makes you re-evaluate how to spend that exceptional time of your life." John Olaf says that life is a giant lottery, and you only see the winning tickets. You who are reading this book are one of these winning tickets. How right he was! I feel truly lucky.