This is a wonderful memoir. At the tender age of seven, Farah Ahmedi stepped on a land mine, and she was put in the hospital. The hospital did not have the resources to deal with her injuries so she was flown to Germany, where she had multiple surgeries. She lived in Germany for two years without any family members (remember she was seven). She was sent back to her family, but the wars in her country were escalating. Farah and her mother were forced to flee Afghanistan when the Taliban invaded Kabul, her father and sisters were killed by a bomb. Her brothers had to flee to Pakistan because the Taliban were forcing all the males (as young as 12) into the army. Farah and her mother make their way to Pakistan, and eventually to the U.S.