The Unraveling

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Set in a small town in southern Afghanistan in the last two weeks before the US troops’ withdrawal, The Unraveling is a story of friendship, love, and betrayal against the backdrop of war. At the heart of the story is a young Afghan woman called Roya whose hope of escaping to America with her secret lover – an interpreter for the US army – leads to an unravelling of her whole life. Set in a small town in southern Afghanistan in the last two weeks before the US troops’ withdrawal, The Unraveling is a story of friendship, love, and betrayal against the backdrop of war. At the heart of the story is a young Afghan woman called Roya whose hope of escaping to America with her secret lover – an interpreter for the US army – leads to an unravelling of her whole life. Set in a small town in southern Afghanistan in the last two weeks before the US troops’ withdrawal, The Unraveling is a story of friendship, love, and betrayal against the backdrop of war. At the heart of the story is a young Afghan woman called Roya whose hope of escaping to America with her secret lover – an interpreter for the US army – leads to an unravelling of her whole life.