{"product_id":"9781250043658","title":"A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwenty-three years ago—after the Soviets left and before the Taliban came to power—Kabul was a garden where seven-year-old Qais Akbar Omar flew kites from the roof of his grandfather's house. Then came the hollow sounds of rocket fire as the Mujahedin, self-proclaimed holy warriors, took over Afghanistan, and the country erupted in civil war. Omar's family fled, leaving everything behind to take shelter in an old fort. But after a narrow escape from death, his father decided that the family must leave the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet the journey proved more difficult than anticipated, and in this stunning coming-of-age memoir, Omar offers a moving recollection of these events—a story of daily hardships, relieved by moments of joy and immense beauty. Inflected with folktales and steeped in poetry, \u003ci\u003eA Fort of Nine Towers\u003c\/i\u003e is a life-affirming triumph.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47757019906288,"sku":"9781250043658","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250043658_p0.jpg?v=1763761202","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250043658","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}