Born Under A Million Shadows (MP3)

Synopsis

The Taliban have disappeared from Kabul's streets, but the long shadows of their brutal regime remain...

In his short life, eleven-year-old Fawad has known more grief than most: his father and brother have been killed, his sister has been abducted, and Fawad and his mother, Mariya, must rely on the charity of family to eke out a hand-to-mouth existence. But despite their struggles, Fawad's love of life never fades. Then Mariya finds a position as housekeeper for a charismatic western woman, Georgie, who Fawad discovers is caught up in a dangerous love affair with the infamous Afghan warlord Haji Khan.

Andrea Busfield is a British journalist. While covering the fall of the Taliban for the News of the World she fell in love with Afghanistan and made it her home. This is her first novel.

Mark Meadows' work as a professional actor includes leading roles in many major theatres, and numerous plays, poems, narrations and musicals for BBC Radio.