Born Under a Million Shadows av Andrea Busfield

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<p><b>For fans of THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hossein and Yasmin Khadra''s THE SWALLOWS OF KABUL, a devastating tale of forbidden love between an Englishwoman and a Kabul warlord.</b><br><br>The Taliban have disappeared from Kabul''s streets, but the long shadows of their brutal regime remain. In his short life eleven-year-old Fawad has known more grief than most: his father and brother have been killed, his sister has been abducted, and Fawad and his mother, Mariya, must rely on the charity of family to eke out a hand-to-mouth existence. <br>Then Mariya finds a position as housekeeper for a charismatic western woman, Georgie, and Fawad dares to hope for an end to their struggle. He soon discovers that his beloved Georgie is caught up in a dangerous love affair with the powerful Afghan warlord Haji Khan, a legendary name on the streets of Kabul. At first resentful of Haji Khan''s presence, Fawad learns that love can move a man to act in surprising ways, and an overwhelming act of generos