Sparks Like Stars
Nadia Hashimi
4.33 · 24 ratings · Published: 02 Mar 2021
Smuggled out of the palace by a guard named Shair, Sitara finds her way to the home of a female American diplomat, who adopts her and raises her in America. In her new country, Sitara takes on a new name—Aryana Shepherd—and throws herself into her studies, eventually becoming a renowned surgeon.
New York, 2008: Thirty years after that fatal night in Kabul, Aryana’s world is rocked again when an elderly patient appears in her examination room—a man she never expected to see again. It is Shair, the soldier who saved her, yet may have murdered her entire family. Seeing him awakens Aryana’s fury and desire for answers—and, perhaps, revenge.
- Asia 3
- South Asia 3
- Afghanistan 3
- city/urban 3
- New York State 3
- historical 3
- historical fiction 3
- literary fiction 2
- family 2
- on the move 2
- protagonists of colour 2
- war/big battles 2
- coming of age 2
- 20th century 2
- mystery 1
- sad 1
- realistic 1
- female mc 1
- action / adventure 1
- military, war & conflict 1
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- audiobook 3
- book 1
- adult fiction 1
- content warnings
- death / grief 1