An astonishing feat of writing and reporting and one of the finest books written on Afghanistan in a generation. On each page, as she follows these three lives with empathy and care, Asne Seierstad is working at the very pinnacle of her prodigious powers, and, in her compelling story-telling, demanding we do not look away.

Eliza Griswold, National Book Award finalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of AMITY AND PROSPERITY

Åsne Seierstad is one of the greatest, most courageous journalists of our time. While others were desperately fleeing Afghanistan, Seierstad traveled there alone to see the impact of the Taliban victory. This is an important, heartbreaking book about the limits of military power, religious fundamentalism, America's broken promises and the profound betrayal of Afghan women.

Eric Schlosser, author of Pulitzer Prize finalist COMMAND AND CONTROL

Åsne Seierstad is the supreme non-fiction writer of her generation.

Luke Harding

A moving history . . . Indelible portraits of people struggling to survive in a war-torn land. - Kirkus Reviews, starred review

A gripping, richly textured account of Afghanistan's ordeal that humanizes all sides.

Publishers Weekly

Seierstad chronicles years of war and the rise and resurgence of the Taliban through the intimate, affecting portraits of three lives lived in history's shadow.

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