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City of Widows | Bookreporter.com (opens the original)
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When the United States left Afghanistan for the last time in August 2021, the photos of the Afghan people who were racing to leave with our soldiers were embedded in my memory. What was that moment like? What was going to happen to the women of that country as we departed after two decades? It's one of the images that continues to haunt me. Women had flourished while the US military was there. They had gone to school, gotten jobs and contributed to their families outside of their homes. For near
City of Widows | Bookreporter.com (opens the original)
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The chaotic American withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 serves as the backdrop for Nadia Hashimi’s gripping new novel, CITY OF WIDOWS. Told largely from the perspective of Marjan, a woman living in Kabul with her young daughter, Hawa, this hopeful yet sobering book highlights the complex experiences of Afghan women, whose hard-won freedoms are in jeopardy as the Afghan government collapses and the Taliban swiftly moves in to take control of the country. We meet Marjan in the final days of the U
Nadia Hashimi | Bookreporter.com (opens the original)
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Nadia Hashimi is a pediatrician turned international bestselling novelist and daughter of Afghan immigrants. She is the author of five books for adults: THE PEARL THAT BROKE ITS SHELL, A HOUSE WITHOUT WINDOWS, WHEN THE MOON IS LOW, SPARKS LIKE STARS and CITY OF WIDOWS, as well as the middle grade novels ONE HALF FROM THE EAST and THE SKY AT OUR FEET. She lives with her family in the Washington, DC, suburbs. In February 2020, the US began to withdraw troops from Afghanistan after nearly 20 years
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