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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Brown, Larisa.     Subjects     Afghan War, 2001-2021.     Translators -- Afghanistan -- Lashkar Gāh.     Gardeners -- Afghanistan -- Lashkar Gāh.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Brown, Larisa.       by title:      The gardener of Lash...       by call number:      070.449958 B878g     Search the Web     Brown, Larisa.     Afghan War, 2001-2021.     Translators -- Afghanistan -- Lashkar Gāh.     Gardeners -- Afghanistan -- Lashkar Gāh.       MARC Display

The gardener of Lashkar Gah : a true story of the Afghans who risked everything to fight the Taliban / by Larisa Brown. by Brown, Larisa. Bloomsbury Continuum, 2023. Call #: 070.449958 B878g Subjects Afghan War, 2001-2021.   Translators -- Afghanistan -- Lashkar Gāh.   Gardeners -- Afghanistan -- Lashkar Gāh. ISBN:  9781399411028 (hc.) Description:  xii, 276 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "The sudden withdrawal of British and American troops from Afghanistan in 2021, ended the 20 year war on terror, yet it also left Afghanistan to be reconquered by the Taliban. As violence and religious fundamentalism once again overwhelmed the region, thousands of Afghans who loyally served the British and American armies were left behind. This is the story of what happened to them when the West left . 'The Gardener of Lashkar Gah' follows the extraordinary journey of Shaista Gul, a kind former-policeman who built a beautiful garden inside a military base in Helmand Province that became famous as a calm oasis for soldiers with troubled minds. Other members of his family worked for the allies, including his son Jamal, who became an interpreter for the British Army when he was just a teenager. Following the chaotic withdrawal of allied troops, a suicide bombing at Kabul airport and a desperate scramble to re-unite loved ones and evacuate the region, all members of the family suffered. Larisa Brown - Defence editor for The Times, award-winning journalist and a campaigner for the interpreters of Afghanistan - has spent hundreds of hours talking to members of the Gul family and others across the region in order to tell their remarkable stories. In heart-warming and beautifully human prose, she unspools a tale of courage, hope and sacrifice - with the beauty of the garden and the hopes and dreams of the family counterpointed against the violence, anger and chaos raging in Afghanistan. The scandalous betrayal of many of the interpreters and others who worked for the british and American armies is still being revealed. By telling one family's bitterweet experience, 'The Gardener of Lashkar Gah' provides a unique and powerful insight into the devastating effects on ordinary Afghans of the end of the disastrous 'war on terror.'"--From publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 070.449958 B878g Adult books In Processing Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 070.449958 B878g Adult books In Processing Add Copy to MyList

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