ALEX KLAITS has worked for several international aid organizations in northeastern Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Washington, DC. GULCHIN GULMAMADOVA-KLAITS holds a BA in economics from a university in Dushanbe, Tajikistan although her studies were interrupted when she fled her hometown to escape the country’s civil war.
“The authors' fieldwork experience in the region allows us to
receive this unique insider account of today's Afghanistan: a child
who must provide for an entire family, a Soviet army defector, a
Taliban militiaman's change of heart. The book summons a picture of
Afghanistan that one cannot get from afar.” –Nader Entessar,
Library Journal
“A beautiful, moving, and haunting tapestry of individual lives in
war-torn Afghanistan … This is a must read for anyone who cares
about and wants to grasp present-day Afghanistan.” –Haleh
Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars
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