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Fear of beauty
Title:
Fear of beauty
Author:
Froetschel, Susan.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Amherst, NY : Seventh Street Books, 2013.
Physical Description:
301 pages ; 21 cm
Summary:
The battered body of an Afghan boy is found at the base of a cliff outside a remote village in Helmand Province on the day he was supposed to leave for school. Most villagers blame an accidental fall. Others wonder if the death is not the work of unwanted newcomers--US troops and aid workers at a nearby outpost. Sofi, the boy's mother, finds a paper not far from the cliff. After a lifetime of wanting to learn how to read, she's desperate to uncover the truth about her son's death and whether the paper is connected. But extremists eager to roust the "infidels" move into the region and add new pressures for village women. Defying all odds and taking advantage of war's chaos, Sofi finds a teacher while also discovering the truth behind the death of her son and the extremists' real purpose in her village.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781616147020
Format :
Book