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Sto caricando le informazioni... Fear of Beautydi Susan Froetschel
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Questa recensione è stata scritta per gli Omaggi dei Membri di LibraryThing . I got this for free from Member's Giveaway. Eh I lasted until page 37. Not my type of book. Very techical about agricultural which was putting me to sleep as I tried to read it. The other story about the woman's son getting killed seemed interesting but combined it doesn't mesh.
"Froetschel does a wonderful job of presenting both the US and Afghan views of a very complicated situation.... FEAR OF BEAUTY really excels at showing the personal side of life in an extremely challenging environment. " "This story shows how women from all walks of life come together to help each other. It is written with patience and simplicity. And gives a real picture of another part of Afghanistan." "Froetschel has crafted an exceptionally well-written tale of love, loss, trust, and greed with appeal that reaches far beyond mystery fans." Premi e riconoscimenti
The battered body of an Afghan boy is found at the base of a cliff outside a remote village in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Did he fall as most of the villagers think? Or is this the work of American soldiers, as others want to believe? Not far from the village, the US Army has set up a training outpost. Sofi, the boy's illiterate young mother, is desperate to find the truth about her son's death. But extremists move in and offer to roust the "infidels" from the region, adding new pressures and restrictions for the small village and its women. We hear two sides of this story. One is Sofi's. The other is that of US Army Special Ranger Joey Pearson, who is in this faraway place to escape a rough childhood and rigidly fundamentalist parents. In time, and defying all odds, Sofi secretly learns to read--with the help of Mita Samuelson, an American aid worker. Through reading, the Afghan woman develops her own interpretation of how to live the good life while discovering the identity of her son's murderer and the extremists' real purpose in her village. As they search for answers, Sofi, Joey, and Mita come to the same realization: in each of their separate cultures the urge to preserve a way of life can lead to a fundamentalism that destroys a society's basic values. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
Chiacchierata con l'autoreSusan Froetschel ha chattato con gli iscritti a LibraryThing da Jan 28, 2013 a Feb 1, 2013. Guarda la chat. Discussioni correntiNessuno
Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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