{"product_id":"9781399727983","title":"My Dear Kabul : The incredible and courageous diary of an Afghan women's writing group during the Fall of Kabul","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Untold Narratives CIC \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAfghanistan\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 15 August 2024 by Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton (Coronet Books) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e146 x 224 x 35 | 490g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe incredible and courageous collective diary of an Afghan women's writing group during the Fall of Kabul in August 2021 'An intimate, courageous chronicle of life as it unfolds under Taliban rule'OBSERVER, *Book of the Day*'A hugely important book' BERNARDINE EVARISTO'A deeply moving collective memoir'LYSE DOUCETIn August 2021, as the Taliban approached the gates of Kabul,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etwenty-one women writers in Afghanistan came online in their WhatsApp chat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egroup: they asked what news others had heard and if everyone was safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese women had been brought together as a writing group. They\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewere about to publish their first collection of short stories, while working\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eregular day jobs. Some were students, some newly married, one was a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egrandmother: all were afraid of what was now to come. Over the next year, in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe makeshift refuge of their WhatsApp group, they shared the day-to-day\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereality of life after a fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublishing on the anniversary of the Fall of Kabul, this is the women's courageous collective\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ediary: in it the writers watch cities transform, schools close, families\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echange and freedoms disappear. They share stories of chaos, protest and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eflight - and of life continuing. Check-points are a daily trial; men start\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebehaving differently. Children can't afford the ice-cream man's wares;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epassports are near impossible to obtain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Together, their messages form a powerful chorus of resistance and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esolidarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Its courage is momentous'ALI SMITH\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45870837760259,"sku":"9781399727983","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781399727983.jpg?v=1731412308","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781399727983","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}