“If one wants to be submerged into the sights, sounds, and smells of Afghanistan, one only needs to read this book (Afghanistan A Memoir From Brooklyn to Kabul Vol I and II) . . . A dull moment is rare. If you want to know what Afghanistan was like before the Soviet invasion and the rise of the Taliban, if you’d enjoy riding the inexplicable heartbeat of love, then (this book) is for you.” – Abena Agyeman Fisher, Sr. Editor NewsOne
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Cat Parenti was born in Brooklyn, New York. Destined for a life in places far away from there, she finds herself twenty-three years later in the ancient city of Kabul with its dusty dirt lanes and mud baked buildings. Little did she know she was embarking on a 20-year odyssey starting out innocently enough when she begins her export business from Kabul to New York. Her position as a foreigner in Afghan society is rare, even rarer to be female. She enjoys invitations into their homes, their lives, and their hearts, becomes a business partner to Afghan men, confidant to Afghan women, and friend to both.
Everything takes a dramatic turn when she embarks on a tempestuous romance with an Afghan nobleman and he chooses family obligations over her. Political upheavals starting from the last king of Afghanistan to the invasion of the Soviets wreak havoc. Through amazing tumultuous twists and turns, the lovers reunite. She miraculously survives the bomb blasts of the Soviet Afghan war and with the help of the mujahideen escapes on foot climbing the Hindu Kush Mountains into Pakistan carrying their unborn child.
Afghanistan A Memoir From Brooklyn to Kabul, is a big sprawling, colorful, passionate romance between a disheartened Afghan nobleman, Jamal Mahmood Yusuf Khan, and Cat Parenti, an Italian-American from Brooklyn, New York.
Their intense love affair is set against the backdrop of political change from King Zahir Shah to the rise of the Taliban. Richly interspersed with belief, customs, foods, color, sights, sounds and smells, it carries the reader along on the surf-like waves of political twists and turns as Cat subconsciously searches for the love of her life of whom she dreamed since age thirteen.
“Building bridges of culture, understanding and respect… I thank you for giving voice to the wonderful history and culture of the region.” – Hillary Rodham Clinton
“Those who enjoy a story of star-crossed lovers, ancient colorful exotic cultures, political upheavals and the trials of war will thrill to this true-life adventure of an American hero in a far off land.” Elleyne Kase – Max Wise Publications.
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