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One woman's harrowing story about life under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan
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Shirin-Gol was just a young girl when her village was levelled by the Russians' bombs in 1979. After the men in her family joined the resistance, she fled with the women and children to the capital, Kabul, and so began a life of day-to-day struggle in her war-torn country. A life that includes a period living in the harsh conditions of a Pakistani refugee camp, being forced into a marriage to pay off her brother's gambling debts, selling her body and begging for the money to feed her growing family, an attempted suicide, and an unsuccessful endeavour to leave Afghanistan for Iran after the Taliban seized control of her country. Told truthfully and with unflinching detail to writer and documentary-maker Siba Shakib, and incorporating some of the shocking experiences of Shirin-Gol's friends and family members, this is the story of the fate of many of the women in Afghanistan. But it is also a story of great courage, the moving story of a proud woman, a woman who did not want to be banished to a life behind the walls of her house, or told how to dress, who wanted an education for her children so that they could have a chance of a future, to live their lives without fear and poverty. . (20011227)
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
One woman's incredible history -- it's a disturbing, true story but reads almost like a novel... the kind you can't put down. At the same time, it is fairly impartial and is written in a very special sort of objective journalistic form. It also imparts a great deal of knowledge about the recent history of Afghanistan. One of the most moving and memorable books I have ever read. Read it and learn. Read it and weep.
33 of 34 people found the following review helpful
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This book kept me gripped to the end, I read it in two nights. Brilliant story but leaves you desperate to know where Shirin-Gol is today.
Exceptional insight into homeless refugees in their unending flight to find peace. Much suffering only shows Shirin-Gol as a rock to her husband and children and inspiration to anyone who feels the mountain of life is too hard to climb. I shall keep this one on my bookshelf.
Exceptional insight into homeless refugees in their unending flight to find peace. Much suffering only shows Shirin-Gol as a rock to her husband and children and inspiration to anyone who feels the mountain of life is too hard to climb. I shall keep this one on my bookshelf.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have just finished reading this book and was never very interested in Afghanistan before this. But after reading this book I think those of us who don't live in war torn countries have a lot to be thankful for.
It was a wonderful book, yes, it was written in a funny way, but what this woman went through and to still be grateful for so much is truely amazing.
It was a wonderful book, yes, it was written in a funny way, but what this woman went through and to still be grateful for so much is truely amazing.
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Good book
I enjoyed this book a lot. I read it in 2 days. It's sad to see what happens to the women in Afghanistan and the kind of things they need to endure. Moving. I give it a 4/5
Published 4 months ago by naz
Afganistan, Where God Only Comes To Weep
A 'must-read' book written by an author with an uncanny understanding of Afganistan's culture and sad political history. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Julia Seymour
Not recieved my books
As Amazon have taken my money but not delivered the books I find I cannot review anything. As I have tried several times to contact you, i think this is the only way to get a... Read more
Published 18 months ago by John Sheehan
it is a page turner and easy to read - BUT ...
I can understand why so many people have said they enjoyed this book - it is a page turner and easy to read. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2010 by James Rogers
Good but VERY badly written
It's a good read if you are bored - I have had this book for a year now and stil have about 20 pages left to read - I gave up reading it because I just cannot stand the way it is... Read more
Published on 17 July 2009 by Sheereen
Not a good book on Afghanistan
One would have to either question Ms. Shakib's intentions while writing this book or question her sources. As an Afghanistani I found finding a lot of what she wrote suspect. Read more
Published on 10 Nov 2007 by N. Naderi
One of the worst books I have read on Afghanistan
I think the Western audience must be desperate for books on Afghanistan to have rated this book so high. Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2007 by Mahbina Waheed
Read this book!
This is one of the best books I have read for a very long time, as well as being a very moving story I also found that at times it was very funny.
Published on 12 Jan 2007 by J. Downes
Fantastic
This is a fantastic book. Its one of those books that are written in the style that has elegance and written for the character that is narrating depending on theit age at the time... Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2006 by M. Mukhtar
Absolutely amazing
Absolutely amazing. Could not put the book down, Read it in 1 day! Very moving, brings tears to eyes!
Published on 23 Aug 2006 by A. Adam
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