" Sunny, as ex-pat in Kabul, has finally found the family she's craved in the coffee bar she owns and runs. It's a motley crew, a pregnant widow who will likely be stoned if anyone learns her secret, an older widow, her landlady, being courted by a tailor without her son's consent, a Hazzarah barista and cook, a couple of spies and mercaries, a British reporter, an American fundraiser and a host of others. There is tragedy and comedy and a war because after all this is Afghanistan where women are chattel and worth less than goats. Though the reading is quite good, Rodriguez bites off a lot in this novel, more than can adequately be chewed. There are so many sub-plots and so many wrap up so neatly. Sure, there are a few that end sadly, but even those are almost glossed over as part of war. I wish she had taken only a few and entwined those and created a thicker thread to pull on. "
— Jodi, 2/20/2014