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However Tall The Mountain: A Dream, Eight Girls, And A Journey Home (2009)

by Awista Ayub(Favorite Author)

3.4 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1401322492 (ISBN13: 9781401322496)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Hachette Books

review 1: I loved the concept of this book: teaching 8 Afghan girls how to play soccer in an American soccer clinic, so they could go home to Kabul and spread the sport to other Afghan girls who had been forbidden from playing sports by the Taliban. However, it lost a lot by the way it was written. The storyline was fragmented and hard to follow. Still, it was eye-opening and inspiring to read about these girls fighting so desperately for a freedom that Americans so often take for granted, so I'm glad I read it.
review 2: An Afghan-American woman connects with Afghan girls that come to the US for a soccer camp and tournament. I adore that they had the opportunity to see beyond their circumstances, but I wanted this trip and experience to have more longlasting effects. ... more I wanted to give this book a 3, but that is more for the aim of the work and the story behind the book. I saw the author speak and it was really proof that you can put difficult things in to action if you put your mind in to it and add a little elbow grease. However, the book itself jumps around and I found some of the descriptions a bit elementary. less

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