Maps
viii
Who's Who xv
Foreword xxi
Khaled Hosseini
PART I The Promise
Introduction
1(24)
Prologue
25(6)
The People at the End of the Road
31(18)
The Man with the Broken Hand
49(18)
The Year Zero
67(16)
The Sound of Peace
83(18)
Style Is Everything
101(20)
The Seal of the Kirghiz Khan
121(24)
PART II Qayamat (``The Apocalypse'')
A Dark and Distant Roar
145(22)
No Idea What to Do
167(18)
Farzana's Desks
185(18)
Sarfraz's Promise
203(22)
The Chance That Must Be Taken
225(22)
PART III The School on the Roof of the World
An E-mail from the American Colonel
247(18)
The Man from the Jalozai Refugee Camp
265(24)
Barnstorming Through Badakshan
289(24)
A Meeting of Two Warriors
313(22)
The Point of Return
335(18)
The Last Best School
353(28)
Epilogue
369(12)
Acknowledgments 381(8)
Glossary 389(10)
Investing in Girls' Education Yields High Returns 399(4)
Key Ingredients in Successfully Building Girls' Schools 403(2)
Take Action 405(2)
Index 407