Sparks like stars : a novel
(Large Type)
Author
Published
Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.
Status
Aurora Hills - Adult Large Type
LT F HASHI
1 available
LT F HASHI
1 available
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Published
Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.
Format
Large Type
Physical Desc
607 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Street Date
2109
Language
English
Notes
Description
"Kabul, 1978: The daughter of a prominent family, Sitara Zalmani lives a privileged life in Afghanistan's thriving cosmopolitan capital. The 1970s are a time of remarkable promise under the leadership of people like Sardar Daoud, Afghanistan's progressive president, and Sitara's beloved father, his right-hand man. But the ten-year-old Sitara's world is shattered when communists stage a coup, assassinating the president and Sitara's entire family. Only she survives. Smuggled out of the palace by a guard named Shair, Sitara finds her way to the home of a female American diplomat, who adopts her and raises her in America. In her new country, Sitara takes on a new name - Aryana Shepherd - and throws herself into her studies, eventually becoming a renowned surgeon. A survivor, Aryana has refused to look back, choosing instead to bury the trauma and devastating loss she endured... New York, 2018: Forty years after that fatal night in Kabul, Aryana's world is rocked again when an elderly patient appears in her examination room - a man she never expected to see again. It is Shair, the soldier who saved her, yet may have murdered her entire family. Seeing him awakens Aryana's fury and desire for answers - and, perhaps, revenge. Realizing that she cannot go on without finding the truth, Aryana embarks on a quest that takes her back to Kabul--a battleground between the corrupt government and the fundamentalist Taliban - and through shadowy memories of the world she loved and lost."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Afghan American women -- Fiction.
Afghanistan -- Fiction.
Afghanistan -- History -- Saur Revolution, 1978 -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Women -- Afghanistan -- Fiction.
Women physicians -- Fiction.
Women surgeons -- Fiction.
Afghanistan -- Fiction.
Afghanistan -- History -- Saur Revolution, 1978 -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Women -- Afghanistan -- Fiction.
Women physicians -- Fiction.
Women surgeons -- Fiction.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Hashimi, N. (2021). Sparks like stars: a novel (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hashimi, Nadia. 2021. Sparks Like Stars: A Novel. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Hashimi, Nadia. Sparks Like Stars: A Novel Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Hashimi, Nadia. Sparks Like Stars: A Novel Large print edition., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2021.
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