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Farah's father and his parents and siblings move to the city of Kabul.
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The Soviets invade Afghanistan. Things still remain fairly peaceful in Kabul.
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Farah, the third child in her family, is born.
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On the way to school, Farah cuts through a field and steps on a land mine.
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Farah spends 40 days in the hospital after her land mine injury.
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Farah is transported to the hospital in Germany, where she stays for two years. While she is staying here, Farah's left leg is amputated and her right leg surgically fixed.
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Farah returns home to Afghanistan, where she realizes she is thinking a little bit differently about the world than when she was before the land mine incident.
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While Farah and her mother are shopping for cloth, a rocket lands on their home, killing her father and two sisters. Only Farah, her mother, and her two brothers remain.
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Six months after her father's death, and after her brothers have fled, never to be seen again, Farah and her mother receive a letter from her mother's cousin, living in Quetta, Pakistan. They decide to make the long and risky journey to Quetta, traveling both by bus, by train, and by foot.
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An organization called World Relief flies Farah and her mother to America.
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Today, Farah lives in a suburb of Chicago with her mother. She speaks good English and has learned how to drive despite having a prosthetic leg. She is in high school and has a good life in the U.S.A.