It's interesting to read accounts of different cultures, especially when they collide. It seems like Khaled Hosseini has cornered the market of what happens/happened in Afghanistan, but I like that Nadia Hashimi has shown some different aspects. The Taliban had changed many lives when they took control. In the book, a young girl is stigmatized with her mother's death while giving birth. So when she tries to find hope in her step mother, she is often denied the chance of familial love. But then she finds a good man who loves her and is respected. The Taliban didn't like him, and it did not end well (it happened in the beginning so don't get all "spoiler alert" on me). So now this woman must try to escape with her three children to London. But what I liked about the book is that it still capitalized on positive humanity, no matter what country the characters are from.
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It's interesting to read accounts of different cultures, especially when they collide. It seems like Khaled Hosseini has cornered the market of what happens/happened in Afghanistan, but I like that Nadia Hashimi has shown some different aspects. The Taliban had changed many lives when they took control. In the book, a young girl is stigmatized with her mother's death while giving birth. So when she tries to find hope in her step mother, she is often denied the chance of familial love. But then she finds a good man who loves her and is respected. The Taliban didn't like him, and it did not end well (it happened in the beginning so don't get all "spoiler alert" on me). So now this woman must try to escape with her three children to London. But what I liked about the book is that it still capitalized on positive humanity, no matter what country the characters are from.
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December 2023
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