The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul: The heart-warming and uplifting international bestseller

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Neither girl’s opinion is more valid than the other however, as they have both had completely different upbringings. She's an enigmatic and unconventional woman living in a patriarchal world whose pillars are conventional, parochial and conformist. Having read the first book whilst in secondary school I was so excited to find this in WHSMITH in Birmingham International on my way back to home to Ireland. The woman range from young to elderly and each have their own views of the Afgan religion, values and culture.

To see a woman so in love and with the man of her dreams and encouraging the next generation is such a brilliant thing. Providing no real challenge to the reader, this was a good, comfortable read that ties up any loose plot ends. I hope sunny picks somewhere beautiful to put jack's ashes and l hope sunny founds somebody else to be happy with now jack sadly passed away. I'm so glad that Deborah Rodriguez gave us the chance to be transported a few years forward and experience the dramatic, life-changing journey that makes her characters that we have come to love, grow, love, and learn. But I like them in the way that they are driven entirely by women, that is not something I read a lot.Let us just hope, that sometime – in our lifetimes – Afghanistan will find a way of combining Islam, tradition and modernity to create a country that is uniquely Afghan, not ruled or directed by foreigners. I was sad to read that Zara died from her injuries even after her death the guy who threatened her family, friends and Omar was still following her he was seen at Zara's grave. The protagonist from the previous book, Sunny, is getting off a boat to reach a vineyard at a remote Island, which Jack has left to her in his will.

Here we are, a couple of years later, with Sunny, Yaz and Halajan again, and even a few quick visits from Candace.Another new face to add to the mix is Kat, a young woman who escaped to America as a child and has turned her back on the traditions of Islam and the Afghan culture.

There is NEVER a time to treat women as lesser, as something that needs to be kept in line, diminished, abused or hidden away. If you were left wondering what happened next, after reading Rodriguez' first novel, then wonder no more! I enjoyed this book for the most part but I do wish we could’ve had more of an insight into Kat’s life before her trauma and her life in general. Kat has spent the better part of her life relishing in the freedom of Western culture, whereas Layla finds comfort in her traditions.I don't care how insensitive it makes me, I find the way women are treated in many countries outside of the oblivious western bubble absolutely and utterly disgusting, and I actively support and invest in organisations that are working to bring an end to this. It was nice to read that sunny was helping with funds for the safehouse aka the coffeehouse to help keeping the girls, women and their children safe. There's a point in the book where Layla says something to the effect of 'It's not true that men are abusive. The headmaster took Zara's phone so he could find out who has Zara's heart because he wants to marry her because he would love a younger wife.