The Secret Miracle is the story of Jaromir Hladik, a Czech Jewish playwright arrested by Nazis during World War II. Hladik is working on an unfinished play and prays to God that he be granted a year in which to write it. God grants Hladik's request, suspending time in place at the moment of Hladik's execution so that the playwright can mentally compose and complete his masterwork without anyone ever knowing.
Let the Birds Fly Free A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini tells the story of an Afghani woman Mariam who lived to experience the history of Afghanistan from before the Soviet War until after the Taliban rule Windows and Mirrors Reflections on the War in Afghanistan is a collection of 45 murals sponsored by American Friends Service Committee drawn and painted by U S and international artists and collection of drawings by Afghan youth These paintings strongly express the old time saying
Cold Sassy Tree written by Olive Anne Burns is a story about a young boy named Will growing up in a small town Will has many questions as he is coming of age Usually when these questions arise he turns to his Grandfather for answers Wills Grandfather serves as his mentor through out this book and Will knows he has a lot of learning to do Will starts to wonder about death and the after life When he asks his Grandfather he responds As you know son jest believin we gon live forever in the next wor