Status
Available
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Collection
Description
Presents a story inspired by human love, how people take care of one another, and how choices resonate through subsequent generations. Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and step-mother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Adbullah, Pari, as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was named, is everything.
Original publication date
2013-05-21
Awards
Dublin Literary Award (Longlist — 2015)
British Book Award (Shortlist — 2013)
Maine Readers' Choice Award (Longlist — 2014)
Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction (Longlist — Fiction — 2014)
CBC Bookie Awards (Nominee — 2014)
DSC Prize for South Asian Literature (Longlist — 2015)
Australian Book Industry Awards (Shortlist — 2014)
Booklist Editor's Choice: Adult Books (Fiction — 2013)
NPR: Books We Love (2013)
Christian Science Monitor Best Book (Fiction — 2013)
Globe and Mail Top 100 Book (Fiction — 2013)
Lariat Adult Fiction Reading List (Selection — 2014)