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My newsletter
Based on feedback I've received from lots of folks, I've started putting together a quarterly newsletter to share updates with reader friends. It's a one page look at where I'm going, what I'm writing, what I'm reading, news I find interesting or anything book world related that I feel compelled to share. If you're at all interested, please send an email to [email protected] with SUBSCRIBE in the subject line. I'll happily share the newsletter with you as well.
In other news, if you are thinking of giving THE PEARL THAT BROKE ITS SHELL (or WHEN THE MOON IS LOW) as a gift, drop me a note and I'll send out a signed bookplate that you can use to personalize.
As always, so grateful for your readership and interest!
In other news, if you are thinking of giving THE PEARL THAT BROKE ITS SHELL (or WHEN THE MOON IS LOW) as a gift, drop me a note and I'll send out a signed bookplate that you can use to personalize.
As always, so grateful for your readership and interest!
My updates
I sent out these updates in a newsletter (you can subscribe through my website). I thought I'd share them here as well.
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee. Few are untouched by cancancer, makng this a widely relevant read. Dr. Mukherjee tells the story of cancer with sensitivity and in remarkable depth.
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley. This is one I listened to on audio and I’m glad I did. While the writing is fantastic, this begs to be relayed in oral and visual forms as well. Unsurprisingly, the story will be adapted for film. It is an intriguing investigation of a small plane crash that leaves only two survivors. Its insights into media are fantastic.
The Widow by Fiona Barton, is a page-turning thriller spun around the stomach-turning world of child exploitation.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo. Transporting, this book goes well past dismal statistics and unearths the triumphs, disparity and heartache of life in those slums.
AMERICAN CHILD BRIDES:
I tackle the issue of a child forced into marriage in The Pearl That Broke Its Shell and lightly touch upon it in One Half From the East. Sure, it is a problem in Afghanistan and many other countries around the world. But I always invite readers to consider that there are American girls forced into child marriage as well. While Maryland, Virginia and a few other states have recently updated the minimum marriage age, New York still allows children as young as 14 to marry with judicial permission and parental consent. According to Human Rights Watch, between 2001 to 2010, 3850 minors married in New York State. Lawmakers are looking to change this archaic legislation and that change is essential if we are committed to protecting the futures of our children.
NAWRUZ
Hands down, my favorite Afghan holiday is Nawruz, the spring equinox. It marks the start of a season of rebirth, renewal and revived energies. To share the specific traditions of the holiday with President Donald Trump, I made a Nawruz tutorial (on my Facebook page and on Youtube). I think he may have gotten wind of this because he did issue a Nawruz statement a few days after the holiday on his website. Maybe next year, he’ll Tweet about it.
AFGHANISTAN IN THE NEWS:
Some of you may have heard about the MOAB (Mother Of All Bombs) dropped in Nangahar on April 13th. I prickle at the almost adolescent way this bomb has been nicknamed. Whether the use of the bomb was justified or if it was effective in accomplishing its task is debatable. (And not really newsletter material.) That being said, I often hear people question why Afghans continue to flee the country if it is no longer at war. We cannot, in the same breath, declare Afghanistan worthy of the MOAB and also deem it a civil, safe society. Afghan officials estimate about 100 ISIS militants were killed by the blast. One local Afghan who lived 1.5 miles from the drop point reported: “It felt like the heavens were falling.”
I’m often asked if the Taliban still have any presence in Afghanistan. In April, the Taliban conducted a stealthy attack on an army command centre near Mazar-i-Sharif. Targeting soldiers in a mosque for Friday prayers, the attackers killed around 140 and injured another 160. This was a devastating blow to a military already facing challenges.
WARWICK LITERARY FESTIVAL
When your hometown library invites you to participate in the town’s first ever literary festival, the answer is YES! It was a wonderful homecoming, a first road trip with my 6 year old daughter and a belated take-your-child-to-work-day.
We got to stop by the dreamy HarperCollins offices in NYC and by the inspiring statue of the girl at Bowling Green.
If you've read this far, thank you! Until next time...
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee. Few are untouched by cancancer, makng this a widely relevant read. Dr. Mukherjee tells the story of cancer with sensitivity and in remarkable depth.
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley. This is one I listened to on audio and I’m glad I did. While the writing is fantastic, this begs to be relayed in oral and visual forms as well. Unsurprisingly, the story will be adapted for film. It is an intriguing investigation of a small plane crash that leaves only two survivors. Its insights into media are fantastic.
The Widow by Fiona Barton, is a page-turning thriller spun around the stomach-turning world of child exploitation.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo. Transporting, this book goes well past dismal statistics and unearths the triumphs, disparity and heartache of life in those slums.
AMERICAN CHILD BRIDES:
I tackle the issue of a child forced into marriage in The Pearl That Broke Its Shell and lightly touch upon it in One Half From the East. Sure, it is a problem in Afghanistan and many other countries around the world. But I always invite readers to consider that there are American girls forced into child marriage as well. While Maryland, Virginia and a few other states have recently updated the minimum marriage age, New York still allows children as young as 14 to marry with judicial permission and parental consent. According to Human Rights Watch, between 2001 to 2010, 3850 minors married in New York State. Lawmakers are looking to change this archaic legislation and that change is essential if we are committed to protecting the futures of our children.
NAWRUZ
Hands down, my favorite Afghan holiday is Nawruz, the spring equinox. It marks the start of a season of rebirth, renewal and revived energies. To share the specific traditions of the holiday with President Donald Trump, I made a Nawruz tutorial (on my Facebook page and on Youtube). I think he may have gotten wind of this because he did issue a Nawruz statement a few days after the holiday on his website. Maybe next year, he’ll Tweet about it.
AFGHANISTAN IN THE NEWS:
Some of you may have heard about the MOAB (Mother Of All Bombs) dropped in Nangahar on April 13th. I prickle at the almost adolescent way this bomb has been nicknamed. Whether the use of the bomb was justified or if it was effective in accomplishing its task is debatable. (And not really newsletter material.) That being said, I often hear people question why Afghans continue to flee the country if it is no longer at war. We cannot, in the same breath, declare Afghanistan worthy of the MOAB and also deem it a civil, safe society. Afghan officials estimate about 100 ISIS militants were killed by the blast. One local Afghan who lived 1.5 miles from the drop point reported: “It felt like the heavens were falling.”
I’m often asked if the Taliban still have any presence in Afghanistan. In April, the Taliban conducted a stealthy attack on an army command centre near Mazar-i-Sharif. Targeting soldiers in a mosque for Friday prayers, the attackers killed around 140 and injured another 160. This was a devastating blow to a military already facing challenges.
WARWICK LITERARY FESTIVAL
When your hometown library invites you to participate in the town’s first ever literary festival, the answer is YES! It was a wonderful homecoming, a first road trip with my 6 year old daughter and a belated take-your-child-to-work-day.
We got to stop by the dreamy HarperCollins offices in NYC and by the inspiring statue of the girl at Bowling Green.
If you've read this far, thank you! Until next time...
Video
My friends at William Morrow helped me put together a video giving some background on the bacha posh tradition and how I came to write this story.
http://youtu.be/PfGbDQ4Jw3U ...more
http://youtu.be/PfGbDQ4Jw3U ...more
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