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It only mattered that I was beautiful.

My little sister sits on the bed paging through a glossy magazine full of shiny pink lips. “You’re not really going to go see him, are you?” she asks.

POCKETS FULL OF PROMISES BY BLUE KIRKPATRICK 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 90

Don’t you think you could make a life here?

PARTING TOUCHES BY MARK JONES 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 90

One day he just told me as a matter of fact that our marriage was over.

He wanted to free her by paying a bride price.

THE AFGHAN GIRL BY C ROTHSCHILD 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 90


At 47 Lars had married the 18-year-old Miriam, the beggar girl from Afghanistan. What on earth did he think? That they could be happy together?


34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 90

TIMEBOMBING BY MARIGO STATHIS, POCKETS FULL OF PROMISES BY BLUE KIRKPATRICK, SILLINESS BY CAMILLE GITOW, THE AFGHAN GIRL BY C ROTHSCHILD, PARTING TOUCHES BY MARK JONES.

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