Full Moon Over Kabul
by Barbara Kastelin
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Pub Date Nov 28 2024 | Archive Date Nov 29 2024
Troubador | Troubador Publishing
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Description
Did Colette not understand that falling in love was forbidden?
Kabul, 1998
Colette takes a job teaching French to Afghan men in Kabul. She meets Abdul Hannan, a handsome and courteous man and her best pupil, who also happens to be a Taliban Commander’s son.
Despite the Islamist regime, Colette and Abdul grow close and fall in love, which inevitably causes drama.
Bedfordshire, 1999
Pursued by terrorist threat, Colette goes home to rural Bedfordshire. With the help of her friend Davina, a florist in a dynamic London flower company, Colette starts a new life. But she cannot forget who she left behind in Kabul, nor will the Taliban let her.
When Gilbert, the lodger, steals her Kabul story for his own aggrandisement, she quickly learns that one should not provoke a Taliban Commander.
A Note From the Publisher
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781805149972 |
| PRICE | £3.99 (GBP) |
| PAGES | 352 |
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Featured Reviews
Kathryn M, Reviewer
This was a strong romance novel and enjoyed that it was in a different setting than I was expecting. The overall story worked well together and enjoyed how good the characters worked in this story. Barbara Kastelin has a strong writing style and was glad it was written so well.
Shikha C, Reviewer
I'm grateful to Netgalley and Troubador for this eARC.
I requested this book because the title intrigued me a lot, and I love the book's cover. Itsya beautiful painting. This is the first book I've read by Barbara Kastelin, and now I'm going to read more of her works.
Full moon over Kabul follows the story of a woman, Colette, who takes up a job to teach French to Afghan men in Kabul, and how this decision has a domino effect on the course of her life- personal and professional.
There are themes of forbidden love amidst religious, political, and extremist tensions. The backdrop of Kabul and Europe support the intensity of the narrative.
The ghosts of love are hard to let go of, even more when they keep coming back to bite you.
Parallel to this unfolding drama in pursuit of love and its demons, and the total chaos of what it brings, there's another narrative where Colette has to fight a person hell bent on using her story for his own aggrandizement.
It's a quick, fast paced read, and has a gripping storyline.
I would like to specially mention that I loved the author's technique of describing cities (from different reference points) from the beginning of the book.
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