The Shadow of the Crescent Moon, (Paperback)

from cameling

3 brothers in Mir Ali, a small Pakistani town on the border of Afghanistan, decide not to go to the mosque together on Eid. The subsequent decisions they make that Friday morning results in major repercussions. The eldest brother takes a taxi to the local mosque but is suspicious of the taxi driv...

from jayne_charles

I so desperately wanted to understand the motivations of the characters in this book. Set in a remote and troubled village in the north of Pakistan, I was hoping it would provide the sort of perspective on world events that you don't get from watching the news. Whilst many elements of it were ill...

from bookmuse56

THE SHADOW OF THE CRESCENT MOON is a riveting story that place over a couple hours on a rainy Friday morning in Mir Ali, a small town in a tribal region bordering Afghanistan, as three brothers and two of the women they love find their past, present, and future merge together. It is the thriller-...

from froxgirl

This is a sad and seemingly hopeless story of a village, Mir Ali, in a tribal area of Pakistan that has been at war with government forces for generations. Three brothers take different paths after the death of their father. The eldest, Aman Erum, goes to college in the US, leaving behind his chi...

from Briars_Reviews

The Shadow of the Crescent Moon was a great fictional read for those interested in stories that connect. The setting of this novel, Afghanistan, is a setting I do not know much about. The author did an incredible job of describing the setting and life in Afghanistan during the American invasion....