The Other Side of the Sky : A Memoir / by Farah Ahmedi with Tamim Ansary.
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TextPublisher: New York : Simon Spotlight Entertainment, c2005Edition: 1st edDescription: v, 249 p. ; 22 cmISBN: 9781435212558; 1416906703 (alk. paper); 9781416906704; 9781416918370Other title: Other side of the sky : a memoir [Cover title]Subject(s): Ahmedi, Farah | Refugees -- United States -- Biography | Refugees -- Afghanistan -- Biography | Land mine victims -- Afghanistan -- Biography | Afghans -- United States -- Biography | Children -- Afghanistan -- BiographyDDC classification: 305.23/086/914 | B LOC classification: HV640.4.U54 | A3 2005Summary: Farah Ahmedi's poignant tale of survival (Chicago Tribune) chronicles her journey from war to peace. /Equal parts tragedy and hope, determination and daring, Ahmedi's memoir delivers a remarkable vivid portrait of her girlhood in Kabul, where the sound of gunfire and the sight of gunfire and the sight of falling bombs shaped her life and stole her family. She herself narrowly escapes death when she steps on a land mine. Eventually the war forces her to flee, first over the mountains to refugee camps across the border and finally to America. Ahmedi proves that even the in the direst circumstances, not only can the human heart endure, it can thrive. Provided by the publisher.
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Farah Ahmedi's poignant tale of survival (Chicago Tribune) chronicles her journey from war to peace. /Equal parts tragedy and hope, determination and daring, Ahmedi's memoir delivers a remarkable vivid portrait of her girlhood in Kabul, where the sound of gunfire and the sight of gunfire and the sight of falling bombs shaped her life and stole her family. She herself narrowly escapes death when she steps on a land mine. Eventually the war forces her to flee, first over the mountains to refugee camps across the border and finally to America. Ahmedi proves that even the in the direst circumstances, not only can the human heart endure, it can thrive. Provided by the publisher.
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