{"product_id":"opium-nation-9780061934704","title":"Opium Nation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Nawa deftly sketches the geopolitical nightmare that is today's Afghanistan, but the book's real strength is her detailed, sensitive reporting of individual people's stories.\" -- \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Afghan-American journalist offers a revealing look inside a country torn apart--from corrupt officials to warlords and child brides--while revisiting her own family's deep roots to the land.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfghan-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 \u003cem\u003eThe Kite Runner \u003c\/em\u003eand A\u003cem\u003eThousand Splendid Suns \u003c\/em\u003ecalls \u003cem\u003eOpium Nation \u003c\/em\u003e\"an 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 Afghanistan's dangerous descent into opiumtrafficking...and most revealingly, how the drug trade has damaged the lives ofordinary Afghan people.\" Readers of Gayle Lemmon Tzemach's\u003cem\u003eThe Dressmaker of Khair Khana\u003c\/em\u003eand Rory Stewart's \u003cem\u003eThe Places Between\u003c\/em\u003e will find Nawa'spersonal, piercing, journalistic tale to be an indispensable addition to thecultural criticism covering this dire global crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNawa, Fariba:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eFariba Nawa has written for the \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Sunday Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e (London), \u003cem\u003eNewsday\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/em\u003e. She has been a guest on CBS's 48 Hours as well as numerous other television and radio shows on NPR, the BBC, MTV, and NBC. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690507632914,"sku":"9780061934704","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_02626c41-bd92-4c54-8163-1bcab01be63a.jpg?v=1761737375","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/opium-nation-9780061934704","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}