Bristol’s April Book Club – Cancelled

Bristol’s April Book Club – Cancelled

NOTE:

  • Usually sat at the back of the pub on the long tables.

 

Sparks Like Starsby Nadia Hashimi

Kabul, 1978: The daughter of a prominent family, Sitara Zamani lives a privileged life in Afghanistan’s thriving cosmopolitan capital. The 1970s are a time of remarkable promise under the leadership of people like Sardar Daoud, Afghanistan’s progressive president, and Sitara’s beloved father, his right-hand man. But the ten-year-old Sitara’s world is shattered when communists stage a coup, assassinating the president and Sitara’s entire family. Only she survives.

Smuggled out of the palace by a guard named Shair, Sitara finds her way to the home of a female American diplomat, who adopts her and raises her in America. In her new country, Sitara takes on a new name—Aryana Shepherd—and throws herself into her studies, eventually becoming a renowned surgeon.
New York, 2008: Thirty years after that fatal night in Kabul, Aryana’s world is rocked again when an elderly patient appears in her examination room—a man she never expected to see again. It is Shair, the soldier who saved her, yet may have murdered her entire family. Seeing him awakens Aryana’s fury and desire for answers—and, perhaps, revenge.

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Date

Apr 27 2023
Expired!

Time

April 27th at 7 PM
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Dark Horse

Location

The Dark Horse
The Dark Horse, 172-174 Church Rd, Redfield, Bristol BS5 9HX

Organizer

Jasmin Webb

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