Hope is how this book can be defined.
Afghanistan is in the post-Taliban era where society is recovering young Sarah is exposed to television for the first time. And for the first time, the glimpse of western women, a bad ass heroine who rides a bike and kicks asses. The totally contrasting image of a woman from her society consumes Sarah until she becomes obsessed. Hatching a plan with her best Friend Shakip, she dreams of eloping from her hometown and going to Hollywood to become the same.
But the ground reality is opposite the practice of Bacha posh (small girls living like a boy to hide their identity) and the early marriage system of girls in their teenage. Sparks anger in the heart of Sarah she finds solace in the shadow of first female warlord commander pigeon.
The journey from a naive hopeful girl to a fighter soon the line between reel life and real life gets blurred and the never-dying hope and rebellious nature oh her becomes her hamartia leading her to tragic ends.
