My Forbidden Face: Growing up under the Taliban: A Young Woman's Story Book

Started reading this when my daughter had to buy it for a high school class. Actually, she told me that she was reading a book by Queen Latifa in her Geography class. After some time, we sorted out that this was NOT written by Queen Latifa, who, despite being the size of a planet, is not a proper subject of study for AP Geography.
Anyhoo, picked it up and had a hard time putting it down. It's not a great book...the structure falls apart several times and even at 200 pages it can drag a bit...but it is a compelling look at the effects of the various regimes in Afghanistan on one family. Sort of the Anne Frank of Afghanistan.
What I really find interesting is that when she looks back on the pre-Taliban "good old days," those suck out loud, too. Makes you appreciate that in the U.S., our religious nuts usually just wear polyester and get goofy haircuts. With a few notable exceptions, they are pretty harmless. The Taliban, on the other hand, was/is some scary stuff.