The Bookseller of Kabul

I think this book was absolutely fascinating, how it was based on real events and experiences but not told directly in that way. To read this book and consider how these women were treated is astounding. I found myself comparing the way they were treated to the way women in the United States were treated during the late 19th/ early 20th centuries. Sure, the way the Afghan women were treated was a lot worse, but isn't the lack of freedom still the same? I really loved how, in the forward, the author says that he had many good times and was treated so well by this family, yet had never been so angry with something: the way they were to the women. This is a pretty cool book, and definitely provides a point of view that most people never get the chance to see, or even consider.