Cindy Miller

The Alterations Lady (eBook, ePUB)

An Afghan Refugee, an American, and the Stories that Define Us

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Winner! Next Generation Indie Book Award for Biography

Two women. One exhilarating story of displacement and perseverance in the face of extremism. What happens when we take the time to listen?

When the journalist Cindy Miller met Lailoma Shahwali, who was altering her daughter's wedding dress, she assumed their interactions would be brief. But in Lailoma she found not just a seamstress, but a survivor who would open up about her remarkable experiences in her native Afghanistan. In recollections shared over warm tea with cardamom, frozen walnuts, and mulberries, Lailoma offers both an entry into a colorful pre-Taliban Afghanistan, where, despite being a girl, she pursued an education and worked toward becoming a doctor, as well as a stark portrait of what came next, when the Taliban seized her beloved country, stripped her of her hard-won rights, terrorized her family, and brutally murdered her husband.

A breathtaking account of triumph against all odds, Lailoma's fight to protect her young son and support her family takes them on a dangerous mountain escape into Pakistan and then to the United States in search of sanctuary and opportunity. Here, her navigation of a complicated immigration system and her pursuit of the elusive American dream is both highly personal and a timeless account of the experiences of refugees everywhere. Beautifully detailed and strikingly told, The Alterations Lady is a poignant reminder of the possibilities offered by a nation of immigrants and a call to hear the stories of our neighbors, the unsung heroes we interact with every day.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Apollo Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781954641310
• Artikelnr.: 67121003

Autorenporträt

Cindy Miller is a writer and editor who has worked in newspaper and magazine publishing for twenty-eight years. Cindy edited Arizona Woman magazine and the Arizona Woman Who's Who in Business, was the founding editor of the award-winning AZ Society magazine and the Red Book Magazine, and has written and edited for the Arizona Republic. Her high-profile interviews have included Senator John McCain, Governor Janet Napolitano, Madeleine Albright, several top athletes, and the philanthropist Mavis Leno as she was spearheading the movement to stop gender apartheid in Afghanistan. Cindy lives in Scottsdale, AZ.

Lailoma Shahwali was born in Afghanistan and emigrated to the United States in 2000, supporting herself and her son through her skills in clothing alterations. She lives in Scottdale, AZ.

Inhaltsangabe

Afghan Rulers
Preface
Chapter 1
Arizona, 2009
Kabul, 1996
Arizona, 2013
Qurisha
Afghanistan, 1950s and Early 1960s
Chapter 2
Kabul, 1970s
Baba Amin
Kaka Zaher
School Days
Arizona, 2013
Chapter 3
Kabul, 1979
Arizona, 2010
Kabul, 1979 to 1989
Chapter 4
An Afghan Friend, 1988
An American Friend, 2013
Three Engagements, Kabul, 1988
Tragedy, 1988
Chapter 5
Wedding Season, 1989 to 1990
Kabul, 1990 to 1991
Arizona, 2012
Ojeie, 1992
Chapter 6
Winter, 1992
Chapter 7
Ahmadwali, 1996
Taliban Takes Kabul, 1996
Night of Terror, 1996
Lunch in Scottsdale, 2014
An Escape Plan, 1996
The Climb
Chapter 8
Safety in Pakistan
Islamabad, Pakistan, 1999
Time to Travel, 2000
Chapter 9
Arizona, 2000
Navigating the Streets, 2000
Driving school, 2001
Good News from Pakistan, 2005
Making a Move, 2005
Chapter 10
To Pakistan and Back, 2001 to 2005
Afghanistan to Pakistan to Russia, 2000 to 2012
Chapter 11
Arizona, 2008
The Family in Afghanistan, Early 2000s
Sponsoring Naim, 2008
Ahmadwali, 2016
The Third-Best Day
Epilogue
Glossary
Acknowledgments