Guest House for Young Widows: Among the women of ISIS
by Azadeh Moaveni
***Shortlisted for the 2019 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction***
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“The importance of this book is the way it gives voice to people whose motivations could easily be misunderstood, or subject to political forces that are completely unforgiving. This gives voice to a series of women whose voice is hard to listen to, hard to hear.” Read more...
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