05498cam a2201081 4500 2636382717 TxAuBib 20251008120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780063008304 0063008300 B089GWDV7D Amazon 03288fda-3bed-440a-8234-3ea4b66a5d67 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5521996 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Hashimi, Nadia. Sparks Like Stars [Libby eBook] : A Novel. HarperCollins, 2021. progressive leader of afghanistan. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. the pearl the broke its shell. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. adopted in the united states. assassination of president. female american diplomat. a house without windows. right hand of president. invasion of arg palace. one half from the east. afghan-american woman. overachieving surgeon. progressive president. when the moon is low. diplomat's daughter. coming of age story. looking for answers. cosmopolitan family. the sky at our feet. desire for answers. truth about family. sparks like stars. Prominent Family. family murdered. quest for truth. Elderly patient. learn the truth. aryana shepherd. daoud rebellion. ariana shepherd. family perished. quest to return. return to kabul. asian american. 40 years later. naidia hashimi. saved her life. sitara zalmani. United Stated. Central Asia. assassinated. Taliban rule. kabul palace. Afghanistan. reinvention. name change. fatal night. find truth. daoud coup. kabul coup. armed men. daughter. survivor. invasion. survival. smuggled. survived. America. adopted. Soldier. murder . Taliban. Medical. tragedy. Doctor. trauma. shair. HTML:<p><strong>"Suspenseful...emotionally compelling. I found myself<br /> eagerly following in a way I hadn't remembered for a long time, impatient for<br /> the next twist and turn of the story."</strong><strong>—NPR</strong></p> <p><strong>An 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.</strong><br /> 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.<br /> 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.<br /> 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.<br /> 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.<br /></p>. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-12-08 11:35:19. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=03288fda-3bed-440a-8234-3ea4b66a5d67&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=03288fda-3bed-440a-8234-3ea4b66a5d67&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)