The Resource A door in the earth, Amy Waldman
A door in the earth, Amy Waldman
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- Summary
- Parveen Shams, a college senior in search of a calling, feels pulled between her charismatic and mercurial anthropology professor and the comfortable but predictable Afghan-American community in her Northern California hometown. When she discovers a bestselling book called Mother Afghanistan, a memoir by humanitarian Gideon Crane that has become a bible for American engagement in the country, she is inspired. Galvanized by Crane's experience, Parveen travels to a remote village in the land of her birth to join the work of his charitable foundation. When she arrives, however, Crane's maternity clinic, while grandly equipped, is mostly unstaffed. The villagers do not exhibit the gratitude she expected to receive. And Crane's memoir appears to be littered with mistakes, or outright fabrications. As the reasons for Parveen's pilgrimage crumble beneath her, the U.S. military, also drawn by Crane's book, turns up to pave the sole road to the village, bringing the war in their wake. When a fatal ambush occurs, Parveen must decide whether her loyalties lie with the villagers or the soldiers -- and she must determine her own relationship to the truth
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 388 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316451574
- Label
- A door in the earth
- Title
- A door in the earth
- Statement of responsibility
- Amy Waldman
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Parveen Shams, a college senior in search of a calling, feels pulled between her charismatic and mercurial anthropology professor and the comfortable but predictable Afghan-American community in her Northern California hometown. When she discovers a bestselling book called Mother Afghanistan, a memoir by humanitarian Gideon Crane that has become a bible for American engagement in the country, she is inspired. Galvanized by Crane's experience, Parveen travels to a remote village in the land of her birth to join the work of his charitable foundation. When she arrives, however, Crane's maternity clinic, while grandly equipped, is mostly unstaffed. The villagers do not exhibit the gratitude she expected to receive. And Crane's memoir appears to be littered with mistakes, or outright fabrications. As the reasons for Parveen's pilgrimage crumble beneath her, the U.S. military, also drawn by Crane's book, turns up to pave the sole road to the village, bringing the war in their wake. When a fatal ambush occurs, Parveen must decide whether her loyalties lie with the villagers or the soldiers -- and she must determine her own relationship to the truth
- Assigning source
- --Amazon
- Cataloging source
- NjBwBT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1969-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Waldman, Amy
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3623.A35675
- LC item number
- D66 2019
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Afghan American women
- Afghan War, 2001-
- Americans
- Rural health clinics
- Afghanistan
- Label
- A door in the earth, Amy Waldman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 387)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 388 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316451574
- Lccn
- bl2019018267
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1112064597
- Label
- A door in the earth, Amy Waldman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 387)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 388 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316451574
- Lccn
- bl2019018267
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1112064597
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