A door in the earth
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Fiction | FICTION WALDMAN | In Library |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Afghan American women -- Fiction
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Fiction
Afghanistan -- History -- 2001-2021 -- Fiction
Americans -- Afghanistan -- Fiction
Humanitarian assistance -- Fiction
Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Fiction
Rural health clinics -- Employees -- Fiction
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction
Afghan War, 2001-2021 -- Fiction
Afghanistan -- History -- 2001-2021 -- Fiction
Americans -- Afghanistan -- Fiction
Humanitarian assistance -- Fiction
Identity (Philosophical concept) -- Fiction
Rural health clinics -- Employees -- Fiction
Truthfulness and falsehood -- Fiction
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Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
388 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 387)
Description
Parveen Shams, a college senior in search of a calling, feels pulled between her charismatic and mercurial anthropology professor and the comfortable but predictable Afghan-American community in her Northern California hometown. When she discovers a bestselling book called Mother Afghanistan, a memoir by humanitarian Gideon Crane that has become a bible for American engagement in the country, she is inspired. Galvanized by Crane's experience, Parveen travels to a remote village in the land of her birth to join the work of his charitable foundation. When she arrives, however, Crane's maternity clinic, while grandly equipped, is mostly unstaffed. The villagers do not exhibit the gratitude she expected to receive. And Crane's memoir appears to be littered with mistakes, or outright fabrications. As the reasons for Parveen's pilgrimage crumble beneath her, the U.S. military, also drawn by Crane's book, turns up to pave the sole road to the village, bringing the war in their wake. When a fatal ambush occurs, Parveen must decide whether her loyalties lie with the villagers or the soldiers -- and she must determine her own relationship to the truth,--Amazon
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Waldman, A. (2019). A door in the earth (First edition). Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Waldman, Amy, 1969-. 2019. A Door in the Earth. Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Waldman, Amy, 1969-. A Door in the Earth Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Waldman, Amy. A Door in the Earth First edition, Little, Brown and Company, 2019.
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