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

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If you were left wondering what happened next, after reading Rodriguez' first novel, then wonder no more! 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. There is NEVER a time to treat women as lesser, as something that needs to be kept in line, diminished, abused or hidden away. I liked the concept of the dual stories but found that it was very slow moving and too much print was given to recapping what had happened in the earlier book (great if you haven't read the first book!

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Like the first book in this series, I found it difficult at times to follow each character with the names and places, who they are, and what impact they have in the story. I was sad to read that jack passed away and sunny was carrying around his ashes not knowing what to do with them. 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. I think what really made me continue on with this story is that I found myself connecting with the characters even though we are worlds apart.Her attitude and lack of self-awareness combined with the navel-gazing made her a truly unpleasant read. It was funny what they did to Rick but he should not have tried to rip sunny off by saying he owned half of the vineyard I really love this book I can not get enough of reading it and I would read it again and again it was nice to read that Ahmet made a promise to both his daughters and he said tearfully to sunny have you seen my beautiful daughter auntie sunny and auntie Layla and Kat thought the baby girl is beautiful too.

However I did love the characters in this book, especially Halajan for her strength and wit and bravery.

I was sad to read that yazmina was nearly hit in her stomach by a bullet glad she was missed because she is pregnant with her second child I wonder if she has another daughter or her first son. And then there is Zara, who is about to be forced into a marriage with devastating consequences, even for Halajan's family. Zara and her family had gone in to hiding to get away from faheem her sister's headmaster who wanted to marry Zara. I mean I have imagined him the way Sunny saw him and her heart leaped out, so you can understand how it feels when a character you have a fictional crush on is no more.

Their controversy comes largely from the simplification of a hugely complicated culture and I believe a slight disconnect from reality.I enjoyed this book and wanted to know what happened to the characters - as a continuation of the original story unfolded .

The narrative alternates between the USA and Afghanistan, keeping the reader informed of two completely different scenarios. 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. All in all I began this book confused of all the different characters and backgrounds and the relationships to each other but as I carried on the book, I started to connect the dots and understood who was who and from where etc. The plot doesn't shy away from harsh realities, and still leaves you with a hopeful outlook in how people deal with adversity. Yazmina, the young mother is now managing Sunny's cafe in Kabul along with her mother in law, Halajan.Like how, after the mujahideen had driven the country into violence and chaos, there was no one left to feed the animals in the zoo, and many of them died of hunger.