- Title:
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Born Under a Million Shadows
- Written by:
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Andrea Busfield
- Read by:
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Mark Meadows
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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7
- Duration:
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8 hours 14 minutes
- Published:
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June 28 2018
- Available Date:
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June 28 2018
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489446893
- Genres:
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Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; Literary Fiction; War Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Audible audio
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Price
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The Taliban have disappeared from Kabul's streets, but the long shadows of their brutal regime remain.
In his short life 11-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 family to eke out a hand-to-mouth existence.
Then Mariya finds a position as housekeeper for a charismatic western woman, Georgie, and Fawad dares to hope for an end to their struggle. He soon discovers that his beloved Georgie is caught up in a dangerous love affair with the powerful Afghan warlord Haji Khan, a legendary name on the streets of Kabul. At first resentful of Haji Khan's presence, Fawad learns that love can move a man to act in surprising ways, and an overwhelming act of generosity persuades him of the warlord's good intentions.
But even a man as influential as Haji Khan can't protect Fawad from the next tragedy to blight his young life, a tragedy so devastating that it threatens to destroy the one thing Fawad thought he could never lose: his love for his country.
'This beautifully told tale will capture the reader's heart ... powerful and moving.'
The Sun