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Avivid，unforgettablestoryofanunlikelysisterhood—anemotionallypowerfulandhauntingtaleoffriendshipthatilluminatestheplightofwomeninatraditionalculture—fromtheauthorofthebestsellingThePearlThatBrokeItsShellandWhentheMoonIsLow.Fortwodecades，Zebawasalovingwife，apatientmother，andapeacefulvillager.Butherquietlifeisshatteredwhenherhusband，Kamal，isfoundbrutallymurderedwithahatchetinthecourtyardoftheirhome.Nearlycatatonicwithshock，Zebaisunabletoaccountforherwhereaboutsatthetimeofhisdeath.Herchildrensweartheirmothercouldnothavecommittedsuchaheinousact.Kamal’sfamilyissureshedid，anddemandsjustice.Barelyescapingavengefulmob，Zebaisarrestedandjailed.AsZebaawaitstrial，shemeetsagroupofwomenwhoseownmisfortuneshavealsoledthemtothesebleakcells：thirty-year-oldNafisa，imprisonedtoprotectherfromanhonorkilling;twenty-five-year-oldLatifa，whoranawayfromhomewithherteenagesisterbutnowstaysintheprisonbecauseitissafeshelter;andnineteen-year-oldMezhgan，pregnantandunmarried，waitingforherlover’sfamilytoaskforherhandinmarriage.IsZebaacold-bloodedkiller，theseyoungwomenwonder，orhasshebeenimprisoned，astheyhavebeen，forbreakingsomesocialrule?Forthesewomen，theprisonisbothahavenandapunishment.Removedfromtheharshandunforgivingworldoutside，theyformalivelyandindeliblesisterhood.IntothisclosedworldcomesYusuf，Zeba’sAfghan-born，American-raisedlawyer，whosecommitmenttohumanrightsanddesiretohelphismotherlandhavebroughthimback.Withthefateofthisseeminglyordinaryhousewifeinhishands，Yusufdiscoversthat，likeAfghanistanitself，hisclientmaynotbeatallwhatheimagines.AmovinglookatthelivesofmodernAfghanwomen，AHouseWithoutWindowsisastonishing，frightening，andtriumphant.