Sparks Like Stars, Nadia Hashimi
Sparks Like Stars, Nadia Hashimi
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Sparks Like Stars
A Novel

Author: Nadia Hashimi

Narrator: Mozhan Marno

Unabridged: 12 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 03/02/2021

Categories: Fiction, Women


Synopsis

“Suspenseful…emotionally compelling. I found myself eagerly following in a way I hadn’t remembered for a long time, impatient for the next twist and turn of the story.""—NPRAn Afghan American woman returns to Kabul to learn the truth about her family and the tragedy that destroyed their lives in this brilliant and compelling novel from the bestselling author of The Pearl That Broke Its Shell, The House Without Windows, and When the Moon Is Low.

Kabul, 1978: The daughter of a prominent family, Sitara Zamani lives a privileged life in Afghanistan’s thriving cosmopolitan capital. The 1970s are a time of remarkable promise under the leadership of people like Sardar Daoud, Afghanistan’s progressive president, and Sitara’s beloved father, his right-hand man. But the ten-year-old Sitara’s world is shattered when communists stage a coup, assassinating the president and Sitara’s entire family. Only she survives. Smuggled out of the palace by a guard named Shair, Sitara finds her way to the home of a female American diplomat, who adopts her and raises her in America. In her new country, Sitara takes on a new name—Aryana Shepherd—and throws herself into her studies, eventually becoming a renowned surgeon. A survivor, Aryana has refused to look back, choosing instead to bury the trauma and devastating loss she endured. New York, 2008: Thirty years after that fatal night in Kabul, Aryana’s world is rocked again when an elderly patient appears in her examination room—a man she never expected to see again. It is Shair, the soldier who saved her, yet may have murdered her entire family. Seeing him awakens Aryana’s fury and desire for answers—and, perhaps, revenge. Realizing that she cannot go on without finding the truth, Aryana embarks on a quest that takes her back to Kabul—a battleground between the corrupt government and the fundamentalist Taliban—and through shadowy memories of the world she loved and lost. Bold, illuminating, heartbreaking, yet hopeful, Sparks Like Stars is a story of home—of America and Afghanistan, tragedy and survival, reinvention and remembrance, told in Nadia Hashimi’s singular voice.

About Nadia Hashimi

Nadia Hashimi is a pediatrician turned international bestselling novelist and daughter of Afghan immigrants. She is the author of four books for adults, as well as the middle grade novels One Half from the East and The Sky at Our Feet. She lives with her family in the Washington, DC, suburbs. Visit her online at nadiahashimibooks.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by jessica

‘my soul is from elsewhere and i intend to end up there.’ oh my goodness. the writing in this is ✨ s t u n n i n g ✨ i dont annotate my books but, if i did, this would be covered in highlights. so many wonderful sentences. this story is on the slower side of things, but the narration and complex chara......more

Review To Come. An Afghan American Woman returns to Kabul to learn the truth about her family and the tragedy that destroyed their lives” 📖🏃‍♀️ say no more. I’m ready.......more

Thanks to my NC book friends for the buddy read! My first novel by Nadia Hashimi made for a terrific buddy read. Roughly the first half of the story is set in Afghanistan in the 1970s when a coup occurs. Sitara’s father is the right hand of the president, so this affects her family directly. She lose......more