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Author Nawa, Fariba.

Title Opium nation [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] child brides, drug lords, and one woman's journey through Afghanistan / Fariba Nawa.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Harper Perennial, [2011]
©2011
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Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1527082~S1
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-343) and index.
Summary In Opium Nation, Nawa deftly illuminates the changes that have overtaken Afghanistan after decades of unbroken war. Sharing remarkable stories of poppy farmers, corrupt officials, expats, drug lords, and addicts, including her haunting encounter with a twelve-year-old child bride who was bartered to pay off her father's opium debts, Nawa offers a revealing and provocative narrative of a homecoming more difficult than she ever imagined as she courageously explores her own Afghan American identity and unveils a startling portrait of a land in turmoil."--P. [4] of cover.
Subject Opium trade -- Social aspects -- Afghanistan.
Drug traffic -- Social aspects -- Afghanistan.
Women -- Afghanistan -- Social conditions.
Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Afghanistan -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.
Genre Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Nawa, Fariba. Opium nation. 1st ed. New York : Harper Perennial, c2011 9780061934704 (DLC) 2011028527 (OCoLC)639164363
ISBN 9780062100610 (electronic bk.)
0062100610 (electronic bk.)
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