“I wonder whether this book came before or after Reading Lolita in Tehran, I have read neither, but one wonders whether one is a "cash-in" of the other? Of course I may be wrong...”
“This book is so unprofessionally written that I wonder how did it get to the best-seller's list?! The author is extremely unfair and bias to this afghan family and to Afghani culture, she is crude and very idiotic in her manners when describing them. She compares them with a herd of sheep at some points, so imagine how shrewed! ”
“Is this along the same thread as "A Thousand Splendid Suns" (which I loved), or somewhat different?”
“An excellent companion book to "the Kite Runner" which I did not like particularly -- its fictionalized story was facile and trite, in its way. This is real. And about women. And about the men who own them. A true story of Afghanistan.”
“it is a great book with insights into everyday life of Afghans and their struggle for existence. I loved reading every bit of it. I have read it twice afterwards and it reminds me of a scoiety where similar to where I grew up in Hyderabad. ”
“while reading the book, I wawered between sadness and anger at the situation”
