Title: Opium nation
Description: In Opium Nation, Nawa deftly illuminates the changes that have overtaken Afghanistan after decades of unbroken war. Sharing remarkable stories of poppy farmers, corrupt officials, expats, drug lords, and addicts, including her haunting encounter with a twelve-year-old child bride who was bartered to pay off her father's opium debts, Nawa offers a revealing and provocative narrative of a homecoming more difficult than she ever imagined as she courageously explores her own Afghan American identity and unveils a startling portrait of a land in turmoil."--P. [4] of cover.
Subjects: Drug traffic, Opium trade, HISTORY / Middle East / General, Social conditions, Social life and customs, Women, Women, biography, Social aspects
Places: Afghanistan
Time periods: 21st century