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"A rich, haunting, immersive story of cultures at the crossroads --deeply moving. A heart-smashingly good read, the kind of novel you'll want to share with your book club." --Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Love and Other Consolation Prizes and Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
"Highly recommended, especially for fans of Khaled Hosseini." --Library Journal, starred review
For fans of A Thousand Splendid Suns comes a stirring novel set in Afghanistanβ about two women--an American aid worker and her local interpreter--who form an unexpected friendship despite their utterly different life experiences and the ever-increasing violence that surrounds them in Kabul. β
In 2001, Kabul is suddenly a place of possibility as people fling off years of repressive Taliban rule. This hopeful chaos brings together American aid worker Liv Stoellner and Farida Basra, an...
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