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<p><p><b>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</b><p>the Taliban Have Withdrawn From Kabul’s Streets, But The Long Shadows Of Their Regime Remain.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. <p>ever The Optimist, Fawad Hopes For A Better Life, And His Dream Is Realized When Mariya Finds A Position As A Housekeeper For A Charismatic Western Woman, Georgie, And Her Two Foreign Friends. The World Of Aid Workers And Journalists Is A New One For Fawad, And Living With The Trio Offers Endless Curiosities—including Georgie’s Destructive Relationship With The Powerful Afghan Warlord Haji Khan, Whose Exploits Are Legendary. Fawad Grows Resentful And Worried, Until He Comes To Learn That Love Can Move A Man To Act In Surprisingly Good Ways. But Life, Especially In Kabul, Is Never Without Peril, And The Next Calamity Fawad Must Face I
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Andrea Busfield
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780805090611
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 3.98 / 5 (57 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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