The Underground Girls of Kabul : In Search of a Hidden Resistance in Afghanistan (Hardcover)

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This book was a truly fantastic example of narrative nonfiction. The stories the author shared were riveting. I loved hearing about the many different experiences of these girls treated as boys and couldn't wait to find out what happened to each of them. The interviews conducted with each girl or...

from mmmjay

Thank you Library Thing for your Early Reviewers copy of this book. It was quite interesting and very well written. In her book author Jenny Nordberg describes the Afghan practice of families without male children allowing a daughter to pose as a boy. This saves face for the family since male chi...

from dele2451

Nordberg undoubtedly possesses one of the most important attributes an investigative reporter needs to effectively record and advocate for social change, she can make distant readers actually feel they are experiencing the weight of oppression, fear, and injustice solely through the power of her ...

from empress8411

This is a hard book to read. Between the subject matter and Nordberg's intense writing, this book grabs you in the gut. It's a well know fact that women in Afghanistan on treated horribly. Anyone with 1/4 a brain has heard or read something about that. Nordberg manages to suss out a new angle on ...

from Hareproofed

In The Underground Girls of Kabul, journalist Jenny Nordberg uncovers a practical solution to a dysfunctional society. In Afghanistan, the sexes are segregated and women have no power. Their purpose is to have sons. A family with no sons is shamed, possibly even in jeopardy. Some families choose ...