Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman's

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Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman's Journey Through Afghanistan

Afghan-American journalist Fariba Nawa delivers a revealing and deeply personal explorationof Afghanistan and the drug trade which rules the country, from corruptofficials to warlords and child brides and beyond. KhaledHosseini, author of The Kite Runner and AThousand Splendid Suns calls Opium Nation â€œan insightful andinformative look at the global challenge of Afghan drug trade. Fariba Nawa weaves her personalstory of reconnecting with her homeland after 9/11 with a very engagingnarrative that chronicles Afghanistanâ€™s dangerous descent into opiumtraffickingâ€¦and most revealingly, how the drug trade has damaged the lives ofordinary Afghan people.â€ Readers of Gayle Lemmon Tzemachâ€™sThe Dressmaker of Khair Khanaand Rory Stewartâ€™s The Places Between will find Nawaâ€™spersonal, piercing, journalistic tale to be an indispensable addition to thecultural criticism covering this dire global crisis.

Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords, and One Woman's Journey Through Afghanistan