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Reviewed on October 1, 2016 | Audio
Accused of brutally murdering her husband, Zeba lands in jail. A mother of four, wife to Kamal, and obedient to Kamal's family, Zeba can't remember what happened. She remains silently resigned, realizing that in contemporary Afghanistan, just being a woman is enough to threaten not just her freedom but her very life—for falling in love, helping others, becoming pregnant, the sort of charges Zeba's fellow inmates face. Into this impossible situation comes a young New York lawyer, determined to exonerate Zeba. Yusuf is Afghan-born but no...Log In or Sign Up to Read More