Try free for 30 days
-
For the Love of a Son
- One Afghan Woman's Quest for Her Stolen Child
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from Wish List failed.
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Buy Now for $26.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Publisher's Summary
From the time she was a little girl, Maryam rebelled against the terrible second-class existence that was her destiny as an Afghan woman. She had witnessed the miserable fate of her grandmother and three aunts, and wished she had been born a boy. As a feisty teenager in Kabul, she was outraged when the Russians invaded her country. After she made a public show of defiance, she had to flee the country for her life. A new life of freedom seemed within her grasp, but her father arranged a traditional marriage to a fellow Afghan, who turned out to be a violent man. Beaten, raped, and abused, Maryam found joy in the birth of a baby son. But then her brutal husband stole him away far beyond his mother's reach. For many long years she searched for her lost son, while civil war and Taliban oppression raged back home in Afghanistan.
Set against a landscape littered with tragic tales of horrific suffering, Jean Sasson, author of Princess, chronicles the story of one resolute but tormented woman determined to achieve freedom and equality with men.
What listeners say about For the Love of a Son
Average Customer RatingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Story
- Jodie Blampied
- 15-11-2018
help the women in Afghanistan
I felt like there was more about her life before she got to her son but it gave a good overview of life for Afghan women and was an amazing and sad story!! held my interest all the way thru and didn't want the story to end!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!