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Silent hearts : a novel / Gwen Florio.

Florio, Gwen, 1955- (author.).

Summary:

"In 2001, Kabul is suddenly a place of possibility as people fling off years of repressive Taliban rule. This hopeful chaos brings together American aid worker Liv Stoellner and Farida Basra, an educated Pakistani woman still adjusting to her arranged marriage to Gul, the son of an Afghan strongman whose family spent years of exile in Pakistan before returning to Kabul. Both Liv and her husband take positions at an NGO that helps Afghan women recover from the Taliban years. They see the move as a reboot--Martin for his moribund academic career, Liv for their marriage. But for Farida and Gul, the move to Kabul is fraught, severing all ties with Farida's family and her former world, and forcing Gul to confront a chapter in his life he'd desperately tried to erase. The two women, brought together by Farida's work as an interpreter, form a nascent friendship based on their growing mutual love for Afghanistan, though Liv remains unaware that Farida is reporting information about the Americans' activities to Gul's family, who have ties to the black market. As the bond between Farida and Liv deepens, war-scarred Kabul acts in different ways upon them, as well as their husbands."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781501181924
ISBN: 1501181920
ISBN: 9781501181931
ISBN: 1501181939
Physical Description: 323 pages ; 24 cm
Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2018.
Copyright: ©2018