HarperCollins Publishers
“Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother s Letter to Her Son” by Homeira Qaderi, Harper, 224 pp.
Growing up in Afghanistan, Homeira Qaderi learned that “a good woman was defined as a good mother.” In her new memoir, written to the son who was taken from her arms when she defied patriarchal traditions, she shows both the beauties and terrors of life in her home country. The risks Qaderi takes to fight for women’s rights – and the consequences she faced – are a heartbreaking inspiration.
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by Barack Obama
The first volume of President Barack Obama’s memoir covers his early life and career and ends in May 2011 when Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden. This is an even-handed, thoughtful, and deeply personal book by a gifted writer that provides a behind-the-scenes look into the Oval Office and gives readers some idea of what it is like to hold the world’s most powerful job.