Farah Ahmedi

Mir Tamim Ansary

In a collaboration between ABC's Good Morning America and Simon & Schuster, the media giants have teamed up to conduct a nationwide search to find a great American memoir by an as yet unnamed author, drawing on a contest in which contestants submit a six-hundred-word essay of their life story. 175,000 first printing.

An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky

The Story of My Life

Farah Ahmedi recounts her heartbreaking journey from war-torn Kabul to America in her New York Times bestselling inspirational memoir. Farah Ahmedi's "poignant tale of survival" (Chicago Tribune) chronicles her journey from war to peace. Equal parts tragedy and hope, determination and daring, Ahmedi's memoir delivers a remarkably vivid portrait of her girlhood in Kabul, where the sound of gunfire and the sight of falling bombs shaped her life and stole her family. She herself narrowly escapes death when she steps on a land mine. Eventually the war forces her to flee, first over the mountains to refugee camps across the border, and finally to America. Ahmedi proves that even in the direst circumstances, not only can the human heart endure, it can thrive. The Other Side of the Sky is "a remarkable journey" (Chicago Sun-Times), and Farah Ahmedi inspires us all.

A Memoir

The Other Side of the Sky

Tamim Ansary

For use in schools and libraries only. An inspirational memoir of the teenage author's struggles to survive her youth in war-torn Kabul describes her witness to brutal conflicts between the mujahideen and the Soviets during her earliest years, her extensive injuries after stepping on a land mine, and her eventual relocation to the United States. Originally titled: The Story Of My Life: An Afgan Girl On The Other Side Of The Sky.

An inspirational memoir of the teenage author's struggles to survive her youth in war-torn Kabul describes her witness to brutal conflicts between the mujahideen and the Soviets during her earliest years, her extensive injuries after stepping on a land mine, and her eventual relocation to the United States. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Farah Ahmedi

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