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Title: A House Without Windows
Subtitle: A Novel
Author: Nadia Hashimi
Narrator: Ariana Delawari, Susan Nezami
Format: Unabridged
Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-16-16
Publisher: HarperAudio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 96 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
A vivid, unforgettable story of an unlikely sisterhood - an emotionally powerful and haunting tale of friendship that illuminates the plight of women in a traditional culture from the author of the best-selling The Pearl That Broke Its Shell and When the Moon Is Low.
For two decades Zeba was a loving wife, a patient mother, and a peaceful villager. But her quiet life is shattered when her husband, Kamal, is found brutally murdered with a hatchet in the courtyard of their home. Nearly catatonic with shock, Zeba is unable to account for her whereabouts at the time of his death. Her children swear their mother could not have committed such a heinous act. Kamal's family is sure she did and demands justice.
Barely escaping a vengeful mob, Zeba is arrested and jailed. As Zeba awaits trial, she meets a group of women whose own misfortunes have also led them to these bleak cells: 30-year-old Nafisa, imprisoned to protect her from an honor killing; 25-year-old Latifa, who ran away from home with her teenage sister but now stays in the prison because it is safe shelter; and 19-year-old Mezhgan, pregnant and unmarried, waiting for her lover's family to ask for her hand in marriage. Is Zeba a cold-blooded killer, these young women wonder, or has she been imprisoned, as they have been, for breaking some social rule? For these women the prison is both a haven and a punishment. Removed from the harsh and unforgiving world outside, they form a lively and indelible sisterhood.
Into this closed world comes Yusuf, Zeba's Afghan-born, American-raised lawyer, whose commitment to human rights and desire to help his motherland have brought him back. With the fate of this seemingly ordinary housewife in his hands, Yusuf discovers that, like Afghanistan itself, his client may not be at all what he imagines.
A moving look at the lives of modern Afghan women, A House Without Windows is astonishing, frightening, and triumphant.
Members Reviews:
For the want of the right reader
Story lost integrity and impact because of reader. First, american accent of the reader caused book to lose its authenticity. Second , she read the story as if she was reading to children the fairy tale of the Three Little Pigs. Interesting subject matter, however,, it
lacked sophistication.
Intriguing topic/performer was wrong for the book
Is there anything you would change about this book?
This book tended to ramble more than her previous works. I found it hard to keep up with what was happening at times. The story would be on one topic and spiral with a character to something else entirely. It didn't move between plots as well as Nadia's other books.
If youve listened to books by Nadia Hashimi before, how does this one compare?
I love love loved the Pearl That Broke Its Shell. It was fantastic and I highly recommend it to anyone. I couldn't stop listening to it. I immediately listened to her other works, including the young adult accompaniment to Pearl. They were all good. This one however, while I expected to really enjoy wasn't as good. The story just sort of spun all over - plot lines seemed disconnected. I also thought the true identity of the Mullah was just too convenient. There were times in conversations that I couldn't tell who was talking (could have been the performance).
