{"product_id":"my-dear-kabul-isbn-9781399727990","title":"My Dear Kabul","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e* A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A real-time, moving and intimate portrait of a year living under the Taliban'\u003c\/b\u003e DUA LIPA'S SERVICE95\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An intimate, courageous chronicle of life'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eOBSERVER, \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE DAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A hugely important book'\u003c\/b\u003e BERNARDINE EVARISTO\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A deeply moving collective memoir'\u003c\/b\u003e LYSE DOUCET\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn August 2021, as the Taliban approached the gates of Kabul,   twenty-one women writers in Afghanistan messaged their WhatsApp group chat: they asked what news other had heard and if everyone was safe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese women had been brought together as a writing group and were about to publish their first collection of short stories. Some were students, some newly married, one was a grandmother; all were afraid of what was now to come. Over the next year, in their makeshift online refuge, they shared the day-to-day reality of life after the Taliban retook Afghanistan. This is their collective diary, forming a powerful chorus of resistance and solidarity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinatingly detailed and fiercely brave'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Its courage is momentous'\u003c\/b\u003e ALI SMITH","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47819340939493,"sku":"NP9781399727990","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781399727990_39c9babe-52d8-401b-af99-52e64f1ee74c.jpg?v=1771872312","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/my-dear-kabul-isbn-9781399727990","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}