The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad

This is a Norwegian journalist's depiction of her three-month stay with an Afghan family in Kabul after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. She does not appear as a character in the story, but events in five or six family members' lives are followed. I thought it was a great window into a country we've heard so much about here in America. I would have liked to hear a little less about how poorly the women were treated and a little more about other issues facing Afghanistan today. However, as a female journalist living with the family, she clearly found the women's issues to be quite disturbing. In any case, recommended.