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Violence
Very heavy
Extreme
Language
None
None
Sexual Content
Some
Moderate
Substance Use
None
None
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Extreme
What this book is about
Two Afghan women bound by circumstance endure decades of domestic abuse, Taliban oppression, and wartime violence in a harrowing story of survival and female solidarity.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Graphic domestic abuse throughout
Taliban violence and public punishments
Death of children
Marital rape implied
Deeply harrowing in sustained ways
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