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Title	:	Born Under a Million Shadows
Author	:	Andrea Busfield
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 320 pages
Published	:	February 2nd 2010 by SMP Trade Paper/ St. Martin's Griffin (first published March 1st 2009)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. War. Young Adult. Coming Of Age

Born Under a Million Shadows

Andrea Busfield

Paperback | Pages: 320 pages

Rating: 4.01 | 2822 Users | 335 Reviews

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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.

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.
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 generosity persuades him of the warlord's good intentions.
But even a man as influential as Haji Khan can't protect Fawad from the next tragedy to blight his young life, a tragedy so devastating that it threatens to destroy the one thing Fawad thought he could never lose: his love for his country.

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Original Title:	Born Under a Million Shadows
ISBN:	0552775630 (ISBN13: 9780552775632)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Afghanistan Kabul(Afghanistan)

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Unfortunately the comparison to The Kite Runner raised my expectations to a level the book didn't live up to. It was an enjoyable but rather tame read.

This book truly capivated me! It's charming, funny, informative, heart-warming and at times a little sad. Amazon describes it like this:"A moving tale of the triumph of the human spirit amidst heartbreaking tragedy, told through the eyes of a charming, impish, and wickedly observant Afghan boy."It's all true. I love the way the author looked at everything through the eyes of an intelligent, observant, caring 11 year old boy. I smiled, I laughed out loud and I cried while reading this book.

This was kind of a coming-of-age story about a boy in Afghanistan. I thought it was going to be good but I just didn't care for it. I didn't like the narrative voice because I thought it was completely unbelievable -- there wasn't a good balance between childhood naivete and the 'grown-up' kind of insights in a coming-of-age story. I ended up just being bored by it. And the ending... way too much of a fairytale to sit well with me.

What happened here was that Andrea Busfield took a crap book (The Kite Runner) and wrote a cheap knock-off of it. It was such a blatant example 'if you liked that, read this' than I don't think anyone is even pretending that there was anything other trying to cash in on The Kite Runner's success.Andrea Busfield is a British journalist who spent some time in Afghanistan, so her research at least goes beyond the Wikipedia but unfortunately she doesn't know how to use it and she makes her child

I know it's only January and I have yet to read other books but this is surely one of my favorite books of 2018 . Reading from Fawad's perspective was really entertaining and I absolutely loved his naiveness . Despite the fact that he was incredibly young , I couldn't help but admire his sense of responsibility , and despite going through a lot of misfortune in his short lifetime , he seemed to handle everything very bravely . Another thing I really enjoyed about Fawad is that in spite of the



By choosing to have this story told through the eyes of an 11 year old boy, Andrea Busfield is able to infuse the tale with a sense of discovery. However, this being Afghanistan where childhood is over too soon, there is a worldliness to his observations that may seem beyond someone of his youth. The story does flag in spots, but these lapses are soon overcome. Busfield's obvious respect for this country and her people is evident with every character. Highly recommend.