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  • An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky
  • By: Farah Ahmedi, Tamim Ansary
  • Narrated by: Masuda Sultan
  • Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (4 ratings)
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Summary

When ABC News' Good Morning America asked its viewers to write essays describing true-life experiences, the network never imagined receiving more than 20,000 pages of inspiring stories. After a panel of best-selling authors and editors chose three finalists, America was given the opportunity to vote on which aspiring author's story would be published. This audiobook is the result of the most ambitious search ever conducted to publish an extraordinary life story.

Farah Ahmedi is born into the world just as the war between the mujahadeen and the Soviets reaches its peak in Afghanistan. Bombs are falling all over her country, and her native Kabul is swelling with thousands of people looking for homes and jobs. When Farah steps on a land mine on her way to school, her world becomes much smaller than the dreams and hopes of her heart.

The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky recounts an epic journey. It deftly interweaves a childhood in Afghanistan, where the classrooms are naked chambers with only chalkboards on the walls, with an American adolescence, where teenagers struggle to decide whether to try out for school plays and where to go to college.

Thanks to a number of good people who crossed her path at critical moments, Farah is thriving. She is actively enjoying the realization of her childhood dreams. Farah is living proof that not only can the human heart endure, it can also thrive. The Story of My Life is our new great American memoir.
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"In a certain sense, the world's most literate reality show." ( Los Angeles Times)

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A deeply moving and inspirational story. So glad I read it. In these times we need to understand the struggles people go through to escape a war-torn country that was once home. Farah Ahmedi you are an extraordinary person and I hope you keep following your dreams and never give up. Your story, although you unique to you, you were also telling the story of thousands who do not have a voice but share your struggle.

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