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June 18, 2013
Unbridled Books Recognized for Donation
Galley Cat, Media Bistro’s outlet for book publishing news and reviews, has lauded Unbridled Books’ pledge to donate $1 for each copy of Masha Hamilton’s new novel, What Changes Everything, to the Afghan Women’s Writing Project (AWWP).
The AWWP, founded by the book’s author Masha Hamilton, is dedicated to Zarmeena, a mother of seven who was executed by the Taliban in the Kabul’s Ghazi Stadium on November 16, 1999, for allegedly killing her husband. Of the incident, Ms. Hamilton writes:
A videotape of the execution was smuggled out by RAWA (Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan) and ran on the AP wire, where I happened to see it. Watching the videotape of Zarmeena kneeling on the soccer stadium and then being shot repeatedly was beyond disturbing. Without knowing any particulars, I wondered if in fact her act hadn’t been criminal, but instead had been one of enormous courage. I was determined to find out about her so that I could in some personal way honor her memory.
What Changes Everything is the story of Clarissa, who learns that her husband has been kidnapped in Afghanistan, the swirl of events here and abroad send her into the late-night streets of Brooklyn and connects her to a wider world of warriors and survivors. The book was released in May, 2013.
Ms. Hamilton is also the author of four other novels, two of which were also published by Unbridled Books, The Distance Between Us and 31 Hours.
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