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Title: A Cup of Friendship
Subtitle: A Novel
Author: Deborah Rodriguez
Narrator: Mozhan Marno
Format: Unabridged
Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-25-11
Publisher: Random House Audio
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 58 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
From the author of the bighearted . . . inspiring (Vogue) memoir Kabul Beauty School comes a fiction debut as compelling as real life: the story of a remarkable coffee shop in the heart of Afghanistan, and the men and women who meet there - thrown together by circumstance, bonded by secrets, and united in an extraordinary friendship.
After hard luck and some bad choices, Sunny has finally found a place to call home - it just happens to be in the middle of a war zone. The thirty-eight-year-old Americans pride and joy is the Kabul Coffee House, where she brings hospitality to the expatriates, misfits, missionaries, and mercenaries who stroll through its doors. Shes especially grateful that the busy days allow her to forget Tommy, the love of her life, who left her in pursuit of money and adventure.
Working alongside Sunny is the maternal Halajan, who vividly recalls the days before the Taliban and now must hide a modern romance from her ultratraditional son - who, unbeknownst to her, is facing his own religious doubts. Into the café come Isabel, a British journalist on the trail of a risky story; Jack, who left his family back home in Michigan to earn danger pay as a consultant; and Candace, a wealthy and well-connected American whose desire to help threatens to cloud her judgment.
When Yazmina, a young Afghan from a remote village, is kidnapped and left on a city street pregnant and alone, Sunny welcomes her into the café and gives her a home - but Yazmina hides a secret that could put all their lives in jeopardy. As this group of men and women discover that theres more to one another than meets the eye, theyll form an unlikely friendship that will change not only their own lives but the lives of an entire country.
Brimming with Deborah Rodriguezs remarkable gift for depicting the nuances of life in Kabul, and filled with vibrant characters that readers will truly care about, A Cup of Friendship is the best kind of fiction - full of heart yet smart and thought-provoking.
Critic Reviews:
Advance praise for A Cup of Friendship: "Rodriguez paints a vivid picture of Afghan cultureas if Maeve Binchy had written The Kite Runner. (Kirkus Reviews)
With a messageto protect and empower the women of Kabul, Rodriguez weaves her tale of life, death, and marriageReaders will appreciate the in-depth, sensory descriptions of this oft-mentioned and faraway place that most have never seen. (Booklist)
A superb debut novelRodriguez captures place and people wholeheartedly, unveiling the faces of Afghanistan's women through a wealth of memorable characters who light up the page. (Publishers Weekly)
