This author is truly gifted and his style is aptivating, fluid, poetic, raw and does not hold anything back. I learned so much about history and politics in this region. I knew women were oppressed and horribly treated but this really took it to a whole other level, heartbreaking and shocking. Yet for all the darkness and unrelenting suffering these amazing women 'endure' it is beautiful in its lanaguage of love and humbling in a very profound way.