Waterstones

About Waterstones

Waterstones, formerly Waterstone’s, is a British book retailer that operates 283 shops, mainly in the United Kingdom and also other nearby countries. The company was founded in 1982 under the founder Tom Waterstone. Over the decade Waterstone has become an icon of the British cultural landscape employing over 3000 superb booksellers across over 280 bookshops..

Description

This powerful book will provide children with a betterunderstanding of life in Afghanistan as Kabul fell to the Taliban.Using extracts from their collective diary on WhatsApp,kept during and following the fall of Kabulin 2021, this book gives children personal and compellingsnapshots from a woman’s perspective.Each chapter will help to provide children with a betterunderstanding of life as Kabul fell to the Taliban.”These are women on the cultural front line. Theirdiary is an archive of yet another milestone in the volatile historyof Afghanistan.” Financial TimesFully illustrated in colour by Afghan artist Sara RahmaniRising After the Fall is produced in collaborationwith UNTOLD Narratives – a developmentprogramme for writers marginalized by community or conflictPacked with detail on different aspects of life in Afghanistanboth before and after the most recent takeoverby the Taliban in August 2021

About Waterstones

Waterstones, formerly Waterstone’s, is a British book retailer that operates 283 shops, mainly in the United Kingdom and also other nearby countries. The company was founded in 1982 under the founder Tom Waterstone. Over the decade Waterstone has become an icon of the British cultural landscape employing over 3000 superb booksellers across over 280 bookshops..