A Bride's Story, Volume 1

Kaoru Mori

Orbit, May 31, 2011 - Comics & Graphic Novels - 192 pages

Acclaimed creator Kaoru Mori (Emma, Shirley) brings the nineteenth-century Silk Road to lavish life, chronicling the story of Amir Halgal, a young woman from a nomadic tribe betrothed to a twelve-year-old boy eight years her junior. Coping with cultural differences, blossoming feelings for her new husband, and expectations from both her adoptive and birth families, Amir strives to find her role as she settles into a new life and a new home in a society quick to define that role for her.

What people are saying

Review: A Bride's Story, Vol. 2 (A Bride's Story / 乙嫁語り #2)

User Review  - Shweta - Goodreads

My love for this series just keeps growing and with the second volume of A Bride's Story I have come to a realization that the art of story telling lies in the attention paid to minute details. Though ...

Review: A Bride's Story, Vol. 2 (A Bride's Story / 乙嫁語り #2)

User Review  - C - Goodreads

This book continues the story of Amir and her young husband. I love it when a book makes me want to learn more about something in history, and this does it. Never let it be said graphic novels are not ...

About the author

Kaoru Mori's previous series, Emma, about a maid and a gentleman in Victorian England, has been lauded by Library Journal and was named to the YALSA Great Graphic Novels list. A Bride's Story has only broadened her fan base in Japan and the U.S. with its elegant style and delicate story.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Bride's Story, Volume 1; A Bride's Story
• Author: Kaoru Mori
• Publisher: Orbit, 2011
• ISBN: 0316180998, 9780316180993
• Length: 192 pages
• Subjects: Comics & Graphic Novels / Manga / Historical Fiction; Fiction / Historical