Larisa Brown

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The Gardener of Lashkar Gah

The Afghans Who Risked Everything to Fight the Taliban

Beschreibung

The extraordinary story of the family who built a garden, fought the Taliban and were forced to flee for their lives during Britain and America's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Autor

Larisa Brown

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 194mm x 127mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 224g
• ISBN-13: 9781399411004
• ISBN-10: 1399411004
• Artikelnr.: 70079451

Rezensionen

'[Larisa Brown's] account of what happened to one particular family – the father, who used to tend the gardens in a British compound at Lashkar Gah base, his son who worked with British soldiers as an interpreter, and the rest of their relatives – is beautifully researched and deeply moving, her account brought me to tears more than once...an important story'