Publisher's Synopsis
In 2001, Kabul is suddenly a place of possibility as people fling off years of repressive Taliban rule. This hopeful chaos brings together American aid worker Liv Stoellner and Farida Basra, and educated Pakistani woman still adjusting to her arranged marriage to Gul, the son of an Afghan strongman whose family spent years in exile in Pakistan before returning to Kabul. Both Liv and her husband take posititions at an NGO that helps Afghan women recover from the Taliban years. They see the move as a reboot - Martin for his moribund academic career, Liv for their marriage. But for Farida and Gul, the move to Kabul is fraught, severing all ties with Farida's family and her former world, and forcing Gul to confront a chapter in his life he'd desperately tried to erase.
