Product Description

The moving story of an indomitable Afghan woman, Shirin-Gol, who rebelled against life within a forced marriage, spent behind the walls of her house, and who wanted an education for her children so that they might have the chance to live free from the fear and poverty she had known since girlhood.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15516 in Books
• Published on: 2002-04-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Customer Reviews

Amazing
I wish i had the time to go back and read this again. It is confusing at first, but then you get into the story. It is wonderful account of the life of a typical Afghan female - the book starts with the main character as a child. It shows her struggles as she tries to bring up a family - it really makes you want to do something to help.

An amazing book, well worth the read!

An inspirational journey against all odds.
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.

Amazing - must read
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.