{"product_id":"a-door-in-the-earth","title":"A Door in the Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eF\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003erom the author of the national bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Submission \u003c\/i\u003ecomes the journey of a young Afghan-American woman trapped between her ideals and the complicated truth in this \"penetrating\" (\u003ci\u003eO, Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e), \"stealthily suspenseful,\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review), \"breathtaking and achingly nuanced\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) novel for readers of \u003ci\u003eCutting for Stone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Reluctant Fundamentalist.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Parveen Shams, a college senior in search of a calling, feels pulled between her charismatic and mercurial anthropology professor and the comfortable but predictable Afghan-American community in her Northern California hometown. When she discovers a bestselling book called \u003ci\u003eMother Afghanistan\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir by humanitarian Gideon Crane that has become a bible for American engagement in the country, she is inspired. Galvanized by Crane's experience, Parveen travels to a remote village in the land of her birth to join the work of his charitable foundation. \u003cbr\u003e When she arrives, however, Crane's maternity clinic, while grandly equipped, is mostly unstaffed. The villagers do not exhibit the gratitude she expected to receive. And Crane's memoir appears to be littered with mistakes, or outright fabrications. As the reasons for Parveen's pilgrimage crumble beneath her, the U.S. military, also drawn by Crane's book, turns up to pave the solde road to the village, bringing the war in their wake. When a fatal ambush occurs, Parveen must decide whether her loyalties lie with the villagers or the soldiers -- and she must determine her own relationship to the truth. \u003cbr\u003e Amy Waldman, who reported from Afghanistan for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e after 9\/11, has created a taut, propulsive novel about power, perspective, and idealism, brushing aside the dust of America's longest-standing war to reveal the complicated truths beneath. \u003ci\u003eA Door in the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e is the rarest of books, one that helps us understand living history through poignant characters and unforgettable storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Waldman, Amy","offers":[{"title":"Good","offer_id":52714243752219,"sku":"mon0000795764","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/4004\/3291\/files\/17998743482300.jpg?v=1785630837","url":"https:\/\/bookalley.com\/products\/a-door-in-the-earth","provider":"Book Alley","version":"1.0","type":"link"}