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03558aam a22005298i 4500 001 A9D7B194922F11E89D93D81F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190328032346 008 180108s2018 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2017057630 020 $a 1501181920 : HRD 020 $a 9781501181924 : HRD 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 050 00 $a PS3606.L664 $b S55 2018 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Florio, Gwen, $d 1955- $e author. 245 10 $a Silent hearts / $c Gwen Florio. 250 $a First Atria Books hardcover edition. 263 $a 1807 264 1 $a New York : $b Atria Books, $c 2018. 300 $a 323 pages ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a "For fans of A Thousand Splendid Suns comes a stirring novel set in Afghanistan & about two women--an American aid worker and her local interpreter--who form an unexpected friendship despite their utterly different life experiences and the ever-increasingviolence that surrounds them in Kabul. 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, an educated Pakistani woman still adjusting to her arranged marriage to Gul, the son of an Afghan strongman whose family spent years of exile in Pakistan before returning to Kabul. Both Liv and her husband take positions 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. The two women, brought together by Farida's work as an interpreter, form a nascent friendship based on their growing mutual love for Afghanistan, though Liv remains unaware that Farida is reporting information about the Americans' activities to Gul's family, who have ties to the black market. As the bond between Farida and Liv deepens, war-scarred Kabul acts in different ways upon them, as well as their husbands. Silent Hearts is an absorbing, complex portrayal of two very different but equally resilient women caught in the conflict of a war that will test them in ways they never imagined"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 7 $a FICTION / Literary. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FICTION / Contemporary Women. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FICTION / Cultural Heritage. $2 bisacsh 776 08 $i Online version: 776 08 $a Florio, Gwen, 1955- author. $t Silent hearts $b First Atria Books hardcover edition. $d New York : Atria Books, 2018 $z 9781501181948 $w (DLC) 2018000966 941 $a 18 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305014735.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012030722.0 952 $l KAPF566 $d 20230331013523.0 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20220728022734.0 952 $l CWPB586 $d 20220504074830.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722055546.0 952 $l YWPD162 $d 20190817012349.0 952 $l SCPC074 $d 20190417011119.0 952 $l VOPB384 $d 20181030013238.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006120701.0 952 $l VMPC334 $d 20180926013335.0 952 $l HPPD845 $d 20180926012639.0 952 $l NEPC953 $d 20180907032415.0 952 $l MXPG943 $d 20180907030914.0 952 $l WSPF215 $d 20180829024602.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20180828011214.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20180808013241.0 952 $l HRPE845 $d 20180728014721.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A9D7B194922F11E89D93D81F97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search