For the Love of a Son: One Afghan Woman's Quest for Her Stolen Child

by Jean Sasson

Book Overview

From the time she was a little girl, Maryam rebelled against the terrible second-class existence that was her destiny as an Afghan woman.

She had witnessed the miserable fate of her grandmother and three aunts, and wished she had been born a boy. As a feisty teenager in Kabul, she was outraged when the Russians invaded her country. After she made a public show of defiance, she had to flee the country for her life.

A new life of freedom...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553820206
• ISBN13: 9780553820201
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Bantam
• Length: 459 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.3" x 7.0"