Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi - Used Adam Shoalts but her fellow May Mothers

but her fellow May Mothers insisted everything would be fine

About a month earlier

Once in the group

Soon the entire family is keeping Claude’s secret

It was a year that saw calls for tighter borders when Black refugees braved frigid temperatures to cross into Manitoba from the States

Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi - Used Adam Shoalts but her fellow May MothersKabul, 1978: The daughter of a prominent family, Sitara Zamani lives a privileged life in Afghanistans thriving cosmopolitan capital. The 1970s are a time of remarkable promise under the leadership of people like Sardar Daoud, Afghanistans progressive president, and Sitaras beloved father, his right hand man. But the ten year old Sitaras world is shattered when communists stage a coup, assassinating the president and Sitaras entire family. Only she