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Rent The Other Side of the Sky: A Memoir
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: Jun 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Retail Price: $17.99
Pages: 256
Synopsis
An inspirational memoir of the teenage author's struggles to survive her youth in war-torn Kabul describes her witness to brutal conflicts between the mujahideen and the Soviets during her earliest years, her extensive injuries after stepping on a land mine, and her eventual relocation to the United States. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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