The Faint Ringing of a Caravan Bell: An Afghan Daughter's Odyssey

Trina Shahbaz was born and grew up in Afghanistan, where her father

worked as a high-ranking government official. When she was fifteen, her

parents sent her to the United States to continue her education at

Emma Williard, an all-girls boarding school in Troy, New York.

In this poignant coming-of-age memoir, Trina takes the reader along

with her on the many paths of her odyssey--from her beloved

homeland to an alien culture, from childhood and a large loving family

to young adulthood, from the embr...