A House Without Windows

A Novel

De: Nadia Hashimi

Narrado por: Ariana Delawari, Susan Nezami

A vivid, unforgettable story of an unlikely sisterhood—an emotionally powerful and haunting tale of friendship that illuminates the plight of women in a traditional culture—from the author of the bestselling The Pearl That Broke Its Shell and When the Moon Is Low.

For two decades, Zeba was a loving wife, a patient mother, and a peaceful villager. But her quiet life is shattered when her husband, Kamal, is found brutally murdered with a hatchet in the courtyard of their home. Nearly catatonic with shock, Zeba is unable to account for her whereabouts at the time of his death. Her children swear their mother could not have committed such a heinous act. Kamal’s family is sure she did, and demands justice.

Barely escaping a vengeful mob, Zeba is arrested and jailed. As Zeba awaits trial, she meets a group of women whose own misfortunes have also led them to these bleak cells: thirty-year-old Nafisa, imprisoned to protect her from an honor killing; twenty-five-year-old Latifa, who ran away from home with her teenage sister but now stays in the prison because it is safe shelter; and nineteen-year-old Mezhgan, pregnant and unmarried, waiting for her lover’s family to ask for her hand in marriage. Is Zeba a cold-blooded killer, these young women wonder, or has she been imprisoned, as they have been, for breaking some social rule? For these women, the prison is both a haven and a punishment. Removed from the harsh and unforgiving world outside, they form a lively and indelible sisterhood.

Into this closed world comes Yusuf, Zeba’s Afghan-born, American-raised lawyer, whose commitment to human rights and desire to help his motherland have brought him back. With the fate of this seemingly ordinary housewife in his hands, Yusuf discovers that, like Afghanistan itself, his client may not be at all what he imagines.

A moving look at the lives of modern Afghan women, A House Without Windows is astonishing, frightening, and triumphant.

Fantastic

Fantastic historical fiction. Very well written, thought provoking, and sad. Very emotional. Had to pause to emotionally recharge to be able to continue listening

True

So beautiful presents the culture & women's rights in Afghanistan, an ugly TRUTH.
Excellent !
Enjoy every seconds of it!

Great story. Couldn’t put down from the moment I started reading it until the end,

Great story. Couldn’t put down from the moment I started reading it until the end,

The horrible narration

I keep putting this book down. The narrator is so bad I can’t stand to listen

Another great one from Hashimi

Buckle up! Get ready for a story of an incredibly brave woman, and many other brave women who live in post Taliban Afghanistan. Lots of twists and turns, and lots of feels!