July 17, 2014

Time 11.00 a.m. - 12.15 p.m.

Residence of:         Vrinda Jhunjhunwala

THE LITTLE COFFEE SHOP OF KABUL

By Deborah Rodriguez

Imagine five disparate women congregating in a Kabul coffee shop: Sunny, an adventure-seeking American; Yasmina, a single, pregnant Afgan; Isabel, a British journalist; Candace, a wealthy, bored-with-life American; Halajan, a sixty-year old den mother. Fate has thrown them together in a very dangerous part of the world and they slowly discover there’s more to one another than is visible on the surface. The unique bond these five women form against the backdrop of bomb blasts, drug trafficking and Taliban threats, changes their lives and that of many others.

Deborah Rodrigues - a hairdresser by profession - is well-known thanks to the success of her memoir, \"The Kabul Beauty School\". While living in Kabul and running her beauty school, the author also ran a popular coffee shop, the Cabul Coffee House. The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul was her first novel, written in 2012.

August: A Train to Pakistan – Kushwanth Singh

September: Little Women – Louisa May Alcott

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