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The Secret Gate: A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice During the Collapse of Afghanistan

SKU: 9780593594841
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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 04/25/2023
Language: English
Reading Level: Adult
Publisher: Random House
Product Name: The Secret Gate: A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice During the Collapse of Afghanistan
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      The incredible true story of a breathtaking rescue in the frenzied final hours of the U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan—and how a brave Afghan mother and a compassionate American officer engineered a daring escape—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 13 Hours

      When the U.S. began its withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Afghan Army instantly collapsed, Homeira Qaderi was marked for death at the hands of the Taliban. A celebrated author, academic, and champion for women's liberation, Homeira had achieved celebrity in her home country by winning custody of her son in a contentious divorce, a rarity in Afghanistan's patriarchal society. As evacuation planes departed above, Homeira was caught in the turmoil at the Kabul Airport, trying and failing to secure escape for her and her eight-year-old son, Siawash, along with her parents and the rest of their family.

      Meanwhile, a young American diplomat named Sam Aronson was enjoying a brief vacation between assignments when chaos descended upon Afghanistan. Sam immediately volunteered to join the skeleton team of remaining officials at Kabul Airport, frantically racing to help rescue the more than 100,000 stranded Americans and their Afghan helpers. When Sam learned that the CIA had established a secret entrance into the airport two miles away from the desperate crowds crushing toward the gates, he started bringing families directly through, personally rescuing as many as fifty-two people in a single day.

      On the last day of the evacuation, Sam was contacted by Homeira's literary agent, who persuaded him to help her escape. He needed to risk his life to get them through the gate in the final hours before it closed forever. He borrowed night-vision goggles and enlisted a Dari-speaking colleague and two heavily armed security contract “shooters.” He contacted Homeira with a burner phone, and they used a flashlight code signal borrowed from boyhood summer camp. For her part, Homeira broke Sam’s rules and withstood his profanities. Together they braved gunfire by Afghan Army soldiers anxious about the restive crowds outside the airport. Ultimately, to enter the airport, Homeira and Siawash would have to leave behind their family and everything they had ever known.

      The Secret Gate tells the thrilling, emotional tale of a young man's courage and a mother and son’s skin-of-the-teeth escape from a homeland that is no longer their own.

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      Author: Mitchell Zuckoff
      Format: Hardcover
      Pages: 336
      Publication Date: 04/25/2023
      Language: English
      Reading Level: Adult
      Publisher: Random House
      Product Name: The Secret Gate: A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice During the Collapse of Afghanistan
      ISBN: 9780593594841
      Author: Mitchell Zuckoff
      Format: Hardcover
      Pages: 336
      Publication Date: 04/25/2023
      Language: English
      Reading Level: Adult
      Publisher: Random House
      Product Name: The Secret Gate: A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice During the Collapse of Afghanistan
      ISBN: 0593594843

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