National Silver Medalist in Literary Fiction 2015 Independent Publishers Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year Finalist 2014 Foreword Reviews Fiction Finalist 2015 Indie Excellence Book Awards Sometimes it takes a moment Sometimes it takes a lifetime Sometimes a lifetime is not enough  In the days before the Russian occupation, Kabul's golden age, a young Afghan woman began a journey common to us all. In an unyielding land, she discovered one of life's most precious secrets.In the summer of 1962 Nikita Khrushchev shipped medium-range nuclear missiles to Cuba. That summer she fell in love. While the United States withdrew from Vietnam, her oldest son trained for the buzkashi, the wild game of Afghan polo brought to her country by Genghis Khan. As the Russians invaded Afghanistan, her husband ran guns and opium through the Khyber Pass; as they retreated, she matched wits with a beautiful Czech spy. While the Taliban ravaged Kabul, she cared for a wounded bacha bereesh, an Afghan dancing boy. As the Twin Towers burned, she found true love.