{"product_id":"the-broken-circle-a-memoir-of-escaping-afghanistan-paperback","title":"The Broken Circle: A Memoir of Escaping Afghanistan - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEnjeela Ahmadi-Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn emotional and sweeping memoir of love and survival--and of a committed and desperate family uprooted and divided by the violent, changing landscape of Afghanistan in the early 1980s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the Soviet invasion of 1980, Enjeela Ahmadi remembers her home--Kabul, Afghanistan--as peaceful, prosperous, and filled with people from all walks of life. But after her mother, unsettled by growing political unrest, leaves for medical treatment in India, the civil war intensifies, changing young Enjeela's life forever. Amid the rumble of invading Soviet tanks, Enjeela and her family are thrust into chaos and fear when it becomes clear that her mother will not be coming home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThus begins an epic, reckless, and terrifying five-year journey of escape for Enjeela, her siblings, and their father to reconnect with her mother. In navigating the dangers ahead of them, and in looking back at the wilderness of her homeland, Enjeela discovers the spiritual and physical strength to find hope in the most desperate of circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA heart-stopping memoir of a girl shaken by the brutalities of war and empowered by the will to survive, \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Circle\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly illustrates that \u003ci\u003efamily\u003c\/i\u003e is not defined by the borders of a country but by the bonds of the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 270\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42156652953735,"sku":"9781503903760","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5dc1d539b0777a6443da9046d463fadf.webp?v=1733245280","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-broken-circle-a-memoir-of-escaping-afghanistan-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}