The other side of the sky : a memoir

Title
The other side of the sky : a memoir

Personal Author EPSB
Farah. Ahmedi

Summary
Farah Ahmedi is born into the world just as the war between the mujahideen and the Soviets reaches its peak in Afghanistan. Bombs are falling all over her country, and her native Kabul is swelling with hundreds of thousands of people looking for homes and jobs. The sounds of gunfire and fighter planes are as normal to Farah as the sounds of traffic or children playing are to a schoolgirl in America. When Farah steps on a land mine on her way to school, her world becomes much smaller than the dreams and hopes in her heart. She begins to learn--slowly--that ordinary people, often strangers, have immense power to save lives and restore hope. This story recounts an epic journey. It deftly interweaves a childhood in Afghanistan with an American adolescence. Thanks to a number of good people who crossed her path at critical moments, Farah is thriving. She may be haunted by her past, but she is no longer enslaved by it. Farah is living proof that not only can the human heart endure, it can also thrive. Even in war, there are miracles. Even when limbs are amputated, we are whole. Even in refugee camps, dreams come true. Even when fathers and siblings die young, there is love.

Year Published
2008

Physical Description
v, 249 p. ; 22 cm.

Note
Rev. ed. of: Story of my life / Farah Ahmedi. c2005.

Personal Subject
Ahmedi, Farah.

Subject
Refugee children -- United States -- Biography.
 
Refugees -- Afghanistan -- Biography.
 
Land mine victims -- Afghanistan -- Biography.
 
Afghan Americans -- United States -- Biography.

Geographic Term
Afghanistan -- Politics and government -- 1989-2001.
 
Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 20th century.

Added Author
Ansary, Mir Tamim.
 
Ahmedi, Farah. Story of my life.

Summary
Farah Ahmedi is born into the world just as the war between the mujahideen and the Soviets reaches its peak in Afghanistan. Bombs are falling all over her country, and her native Kabul is swelling with hundreds of thousands of people looking for homes and jobs. The sounds of gunfire and fighter planes are as normal to Farah as the sounds of traffic or children playing are to a schoolgirl in America. When Farah steps on a land mine on her way to school, her world becomes much smaller than the dreams and hopes in her heart. She begins to learn--slowly--that ordinary people, often strangers, have immense power to save lives and restore hope. This story recounts an epic journey. It deftly interweaves a childhood in Afghanistan with an American adolescence. Thanks to a number of good people who crossed her path at critical moments, Farah is thriving. She may be haunted by her past, but she is no longer enslaved by it. Farah is living proof that not only can the human heart endure, it can also thrive. Even in war, there are miracles. Even when limbs are amputated, we are whole. Even in refugee camps, dreams come true. Even when fathers and siblings die young, there is love.

ISBN
9781416918370

Publisher
New York : Simon Spotlight Entertainment, c2008.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Edmonton Christian High973.086 AHMBook30905000097794Non-Fiction