Bücher von Deborah Ellis

Afghanistan im Jahr 2021, die Taliban haben wieder die Macht an sich gerissen. Parvana hat eine Schule für Mädchen gegründet, und ihr Sohn Rafi soll in New York auf die Ballettschule kommen. Doch eine Explosion auf dem Flughafen in Kabul macht Rafis Träume zunichte, und er muss allein den Weg nach Hause finden. Gleichzeitig fliehen die Mädchen vor den Taliban in Richtung Berge, um sich eine neue Zuflucht aufzubauen. Rafi schafft es trotz aller Gräuel zurück zu seiner Mutter, mit Hilfe jener Menschen, denen Parvana früher geholfen hatte.

Over two million copies of The Breadwinner Trilogy sold worldwide Eleven - year - old Parvana lives with her family in one room of a bombed - out apartment building in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital city. Parvana's father - a history teacher until his school was bombed and his health destroyed - works from a blanket on the ground in the marketplace, reading letters for people who cannot read or write. One day, he is arrested for the crime of having a foreign education, and the family is left wihtout someone who can earn money or even shop for food. As conditions for the family grow desperate, only one solution emerges. Forbidden to earn money as a girl, Parvana must transform herself into a boy, and become the breadwinner. The Breadwinner is a novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship under extraordinary circumstances.

This is an account of the Afghan War and its tragic aftermath as told by the women who were caught in it and became its innocent victims. The voices in this oral history provide personal snapshots to the news reports of the Taliban activities emerging from Afghanistan.