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A House Without Windows

Nadia Hashimi

Start date: November 1, 2017

Finish date: November 30, 2017

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Nov 27, 2017 Irene rated it it was ok

Set in an Afghani women’s prison populated by those arrested for flirting, running from abusive parents, resisting an arrange marriage, only our main character has a criminal charge recognizable to a Western reader, the murder of her husband with a hatchet. For most, life in this prison is preferable to life at home, more food, less work, more personal autonomy, Turkish soap operas, a beauty salon, friendly gossip. Despite some concern about her four young children thrown on the mercy of her hus ...more

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Jan 21, 2018 Michelle rated it really liked it

Another book that makes me immensely grateful to be a woman living in America. This book was very enlightening in regards to the “moral crimes” of women and the justice system in modern day Afghanistan. This story unfolds in perfectly peeled layers, as we learn more about Zeba, her family, her relationship with her husband, and ultimately the crime of which she is accused. But it’s also a story of all the women of Afghanistan, the lives they lead, and, unfortunately, what happens when they refus ...more

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