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Born Under a Million Shadows
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Publisher Price: $23.99
ISBN13: 9780805090611
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: Feb 2 2010
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.85 Width: 5.34 Depth: 7.98
Language: English
A moving tale of the triumph of the human spirit amidst heartbreaking tragedy, told through the eyes of a charming, impish, and wickedly observant Afghan boy
The Taliban have withdrawn from Kabul's streets, but the long shadows of their regime remain. In his short life, eleven-year-old Fawad has known more grief than most: his father and brother have been killed, his sister has been abducted, and Fawad and his mother, Mariya, must rely on the charity of parsimonious relatives to eke out a hand-to-mouth existence.
A big-hearted novel infused with crackling wit, Andrea Busfield's brilliant debut captures the hope and humanity of the Afghan people and the foreigners who live among them.
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