1) Crime and Punishment - This chapter points out the struggles that Sultan's first wife, Sharifa, faces. After he marries his second wife, she is left in Pakistan while the rest of the family returns to Kabul. Not only does he rarely visit, but he breaks promises to return her home. She discusses that with her time, she often goes to pray and gossip with the neighbors since it is such a small town. One gossip story they share is about a young girl Saliqa who receives love letters from a boy and responds. She later meets up with him and is seen at a park in his company; a "crime" for which she is beaten by her uncle nearly to death. In another story shared, a lady named Jamila is married off to a man living in another country. As she lives with his family, a witness sees a man crawling in her window several times and his items are found. For her "crime," her family kills her. This chapter is written very strongly and really leaves an impression by writing about such sad things with such passion.
2) This entire paragraph is mostly poems where women discuss their secret desires and thoughts. Many of the poems include their hatred for their husband and their wish to be with their love. All of these desires and secrets would be punished if found out. This was written to be very memorable because it is written so differently from other chapters and it includes others' works.
3) This chapter discusses when Sultan finally come to see his first wife in Pakistan. It discusses the dangers and troubles travelling there because of the Taliban. When he arrives, she makes him food and prepares everything. After, they laugh and enjoy each other's company before going to visit many members of the family who were unable to go to Afghanistan, too.
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