{"product_id":"my-dear-kabul-by-untold-narratives-cic-9781399727990","title":"My Dear Kabul","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003e A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A real-time, moving and intimate portrait of a year living under the Taliban'\u003c\/b\u003e — DUA LIPA'S SERVICE95\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An intimate, courageous chronicle of life'\u003c\/b\u003e — \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER,\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE DAY\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A hugely important book'\u003c\/b\u003e — BERNARDINE EVARISTO\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A deeply moving collective memoir'\u003c\/b\u003e — LYSE DOUCET\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn August 2021, as the Taliban approached the gates of Kabul, twenty-one women writers in Afghanistan messaged their WhatsApp group chat: they asked what news others had heard and if everyone was safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese women had been brought together as a writing group and were about to publish their first collection of short stories. Some were students, some newly married, one was a grandmother; all were afraid of what was now to come. Over the next year, in their makeshift online refuge, they shared the day-to-day reality of life after the Taliban retook Afghanistan. This is their collective diary, forming a powerful chorus of resistance and solidarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinatingly detailed and fiercely brave'\u003c\/b\u003e — \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Its courage is momentous'\u003c\/b\u003e — ALI SMITH\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46839637967084,"sku":"9781399727990","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3009dd56d57e414a4ee2ee84cc4a97b2.jpg?v=1758652392","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/my-dear-kabul-by-untold-narratives-cic-9781399727990","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}