The Resource Silent hearts : a novel, Gwen Florio
Silent hearts : a novel, Gwen Florio
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The item Silent hearts : a novel, Gwen Florio represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- "For fans of A Thousand Splendid Suns comes a stirring novel set in Afghanistan & about two women--an American aid worker and her local interpreter--who form an unexpected friendship despite their utterly different life experiences and the ever-increasing violence that surrounds them in Kabul. In 2001, Kabul is suddenly a place of possibility as people fling off years of repressive Taliban rule. This hopeful chaos brings together American aid worker Liv Stoellner and Farida Basra, an educated Pakistani woman still adjusting to her arranged marriage to Gul, the son of an Afghan strongman whose family spent years of exile in Pakistan before returning to Kabul. Both Liv and her husband take positions at an NGO that helps Afghan women recover from the Taliban years. They see the move as a reboot--Martin for his moribund academic career, Liv for their marriage. But for Farida and Gul, the move to Kabul is fraught, severing all ties with Farida's family and her former world, and forcing Gul to confront a chapter in his life he'd desperately tried to erase. The two women, brought together by Farida's work as an interpreter, form a nascent friendship based on their growing mutual love for Afghanistan, though Liv remains unaware that Farida is reporting information about the Americans' activities to Gul's family, who have ties to the black market. As the bond between Farida and Liv deepens, war-scarred Kabul acts in different ways upon them, as well as their husbands. Silent Hearts is an absorbing, complex portrayal of two very different but equally resilient women caught in the conflict of a war that will test them in ways they never imagined"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 323 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501181924
- Label
- Silent hearts : a novel
- Title
- Silent hearts
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Gwen Florio
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "For fans of A Thousand Splendid Suns comes a stirring novel set in Afghanistan & about two women--an American aid worker and her local interpreter--who form an unexpected friendship despite their utterly different life experiences and the ever-increasing violence that surrounds them in Kabul. In 2001, Kabul is suddenly a place of possibility as people fling off years of repressive Taliban rule. This hopeful chaos brings together American aid worker Liv Stoellner and Farida Basra, an educated Pakistani woman still adjusting to her arranged marriage to Gul, the son of an Afghan strongman whose family spent years of exile in Pakistan before returning to Kabul. Both Liv and her husband take positions at an NGO that helps Afghan women recover from the Taliban years. They see the move as a reboot--Martin for his moribund academic career, Liv for their marriage. But for Farida and Gul, the move to Kabul is fraught, severing all ties with Farida's family and her former world, and forcing Gul to confront a chapter in his life he'd desperately tried to erase. The two women, brought together by Farida's work as an interpreter, form a nascent friendship based on their growing mutual love for Afghanistan, though Liv remains unaware that Farida is reporting information about the Americans' activities to Gul's family, who have ties to the black market. As the bond between Farida and Liv deepens, war-scarred Kabul acts in different ways upon them, as well as their husbands. Silent Hearts is an absorbing, complex portrayal of two very different but equally resilient women caught in the conflict of a war that will test them in ways they never imagined"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- FMG
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1955-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Florio, Gwen
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Label
- Silent hearts : a novel, Gwen Florio
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1043833919
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 323 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501181924
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2017057630
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- Silent hearts : a novel, Gwen Florio
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1043833919
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 323 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501181924
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2017057630
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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