okay idk if I'm just a silly girl with no reading comprehension but this book was meant to be about her writing to her son but i didn't really fully understand the situation? I feel like it would have been better as just a normal memoir instead of having it through the lens of talking to her son. despite that, i still did really get a lot from this book, it was written by a woman called Homeira and it documents her life growing up in Afghanistan during the soviet occupation and later her experience with the taliban + getting married and moving to Iran and getting an education. It was a really tough read and I really admire Homeira's courage from a young age, she taught girls and refugees despite the threat of the taliban and she had a very interesting perspective! I looked her up and I'm really happy to find out that she now has custody of her son and I really hope she's happy!