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City of Widows

by Nadia Hashimi
The City of Widows by Nadia Hashimi book cover - powerful historical fiction set in modern Afghanistan exploring women's resilience, survival, family, justice, and hope.

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"Nadia Hashimi's eagerly anticipated new novel is an immersive, compelling, and unforgettable story of resistance, community, and hope in the face of extraordinary hardship. Written with exceptional insight and empathy, City of Widows evokes the past to illuminate the present as only the very best historical fiction can." - Jennifer Chiaverini, New York Times bestselling author of Resistance Women

"Nadia Hashimi has written, first and foremost, a tender and beautiful family story. Her always engaging multigenerational tale is a portrait of Afghanistan in all of its perplexing, enigmatic glory, and a mirror into the still ongoing struggles of Afghan women." - Khaled Hosseini, author of And the Mountains Echoed and The Kite Runner

"The question of whether Sitara can go home again is the existential and physical journey Hashimi conjures, in a story at once surreal and deeply rooted in the history of Afghanistan's modern turmoil and ancient enchantment." - NPR "A fascinating epic tale." - New York Post

"Hashimi weaves together two equally engrossing stories in her epic, spellbinding debut." - Booklist (starred review)

"Hashimi celebrates the unsung heroism of Afghan women in City of Widows. There were moments when I gripped the book so hard, I permanently creased the pages. Similarly, this story changed me. Harrowing, breathtaking, and transformative. An empowering must-read for generations of women." - Sarah McCoy, New York Times bestselling author of Whatever Happened to Lori Lovely?

"An essential read...heartbreaking, powerful, and indelible." - Booklist (starred review)


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