The Secret Sky: A Novel Of Forbidden Love In Afghanistan by Atia Abawi

 My Rating: 4.5

Fatima is a Hazara girl, raised to be obedient and dutiful. Samiullah is a Pashtun boy raised to defend the traditions of his tribe. They were not meant to fall in love. But they do. And the story that follows shows both the beauty and the violence in current-day Afghanistan as Fatima and Samiullah fight their families, their cultures and the Taliban to stay together. 

This book is based on the people the author met and the events she covered during her nearly five years in Afghanistan. I thought that she did an excellent job of making the reader reaize the conditions in Afghanistan today. Definitely worth a read.