|summary= Racist taunts jostle with family crises and class wars in this unusual yet intriguing debut. A story with a lot of threads, they do more or less tie up in the end.
|buy= Maybe
|borrow= Yes
|format= Paperback
|pages=284
|publisher= YouWriteOn
|date= December 2008
|isbn=978-1849231374
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1849231370</amazonuk>
|amazonus=<amazonus>1849231370</amazonus>
|sort=Place of Safety
|cover=1849231370
|aznuk=1849231370
|aznus=1849231370
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The war is very much in the background of this book. For a more frontline approach, why not consider Jeremy Bowen's [[War Stories by Jeremy Bowen|War Stories]]. For more fiction, this time set in Afghanistan and with many similar themes we can recommend [[No More Mulberries by Mary Smith]].