{"product_id":"9781399727990","title":"My Dear Kabul","description":"Author: Untold Narratives CIC\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781399727990\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 13 May 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 384 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e* A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A real-time, moving and intimate portrait of a year living under the Taliban'\u003c\/b\u003e DUA LIPA'S SERVICE95\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An intimate, courageous chronicle of life'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER, \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE DAY\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A hugely important book'\u003c\/b\u003e BERNARDINE EVARISTO\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A deeply moving collective memoir'\u003c\/b\u003e LYSE DOUCET\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinatingly detailed and fiercely brave'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Its courage is momentous'\u003c\/b\u003e ALI SMITH","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46449899667614,"sku":"ADS-9781399727990","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781399727990.jpg?v=1769573232","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781399727990","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}